Re: linux 2.4 and Indy

[Kumba <kumba@gentoo.org>]

Jorik Jonker wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having big trouble getting linux 2.4.* to work on my SGI Indy. I want to
> use my indycam, and thus compile a kernel with support for that. The problem
> is that all the kernels I built do boot, but freeze some moments after
> starting the init process. The only kernels that do not have this problem are 
> 2.4.16 and 2.4.17, but they do not have proper VINO support (they lack the
> i2c algo-sgi part).
> Is there some patch flying around to fix this, or do I just have bad luck?

Check out a cvs tree no later than 12/11/2003, a change in CVS after 
that date seems to have nuked r4k kernels.  It is believed the change in 
question is:

http://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-cvs/2003-12/msg00031.html

I've not yet been able to find a 'clean' way to remove the changes to 
those specific files in that commit while keeping all the changes made 
afterwards intact to test this idea.


--Kumba

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