Re: Kernel 2.6 on Alpha XL 366 (xlt)

Jean-Sébastien Guay wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I haven't been following the list as much lately (finishing my
> bachelor's degree soon), but I was able to compile the 2.6.12-rc2 kernel
> (vanilla-sources). It runs fine (as far as I can tell). And the best
> thing is that I compiled it with the "Alcor/XLT" system type (not
> generic like I had to do with 2.4.28! There's a new option just under
> System Type to tell the kernel that I have an ev56 CPU, maybe that's
> what made the difference...
> 
> One thing that's weird is that emerge put the kernel in
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.11-rc2 (not 2.6.12-rc2 as it should have). I'm sure
> it's 2.6.12-rc2 because of a) uname -a says so, b) the dir it created in
> /lin/modules is 2.6.12-rc2, c) at the logon screen it also says
> 2.6.12-rc2. So is there any danger in moving it to
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc2? Will emerge find it again if I ever want to
> unmerge it? (I'm, guessing no, but is that so bad?)
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> J-S
> 
1.  Report this bug; something may be wrong with the ebuild.
2.  I'd symlink it personally.  If you move the directory emerge won't
be able to unmerge those sources which I agree isn't really a big deal.
 However, the symlink isn't a big deal either IMHO and it keeps breakage
to a minimum ;)
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