Re: Linux 2.4.19-pre2 on Cobalt Qube 2?

Ralf Baechle (ralf@conectiva.com.br)
Fri, 1 Mar 2002 05:32:38 +0100


On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 09:18:30PM -0700, Dax Kelson wrote:

> > Here is 2.4.19-pre2: A very big patch (around 13MB uncompressed) due to
> > the architecture (MIPS and IA64 mainly) updates.
>
> Does this MIPS merge mean that the 2.4.19-pre2 kernel would work on a MIPS
> based Cobalt Qube 2? It that's the case, then I just need a working
> userland.
>
> The official Linux kernel from Cobalt is 2.0 vintage. I'm currently
> running NetBSD 1.5.2 to have something a little more modern, but I would
> like to come back to Linux if possible.

The MIPS merge still isn't complete, this was just the bulk part. So such
I haven't even tried to build let alone test Marcelo's -pre2 kernel. If
you want a 2.4.18 kernel for a Qube, get it via anonymous CVS. See the
MIPS HOWTO at http://oss.sgi.com/mips/mips-howto.html.

Ralf

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