[parisc-linux] Re: can't compile 2.4.24: pdc_cons.o problem!

[parisc-linux] Re: can't compile 2.4.24: pdc_cons.o problem!

[dub]

Matthew Wilcox willy at debian.org  wrote:

>> I'm trying to compile a new kernel for K210. I tried both stable 2.4.24 and
>>2.4.23
>> (got them by "apt-get -t stable kernel-source-2.4.2x")

> the problem you're having is that you're trying to compile a kernel
> that really doesn't support parisc.  i suggest either getting the
> latest CVS kernel (see http://www.parisc-linux.org/faq/cvs.html) or
> kernel-patch-2.4.21-hppa from the debian archive.

Thanks a lot, it works. :-) BTW, it's not possible to navigate to
http://cvs.parisc-linux.org/download/ from  http://cvs.parisc-linux.org/

One more question. How to find out status of pasisc-linux.org kernels? (stable
vs testing)

BR,
Dub

Re: [parisc-linux] Re: can't compile 2.4.24: pdc_cons.o problem!

[Grant Grundler]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 11:33:04AM +0200, dub@latnet.lv wrote:
> BTW, it's not possible to navigate to
> http://cvs.parisc-linux.org/download/ from  http://cvs.parisc-linux.org/

I think that's ok. It's just convient to build the kernels
on the same machine that's hosting CVS. It's not obvious to
me a link from cvs.p-l.o is needed since we have a link from
the www.p-l.org navigation bar.

www.p-l.o has a "Prebuilt binaries" in the navigation bar.
And from there, a link to the cvs.p-l.o/download/autobuild-kernels/. 
I'll add links for linux-2.4 and linux-2.6 kernel downloads.


> How to find out status of pasisc-linux.org kernels? (stable vs testing)

Normally, follow the conversations on parisc-linux mailing list.
I don't know how useful bugs.debian.org is for kernel packages.
"stable" hppa kernel is horridly stale (kernel-image-2.4.18*).
Because of security bugs, folks should be using at least 2.4.24.
(2.4.25 is the lastest available, not).
2.6 kernels seem to be working well for me (except for SMP).
But it looks like the most recent debian upload was 2.4.21 based.

I see that http://cvs.parisc-linux.org/downloads/autobuild-kernels/32/
has a Packages.gz. But I don't know how the sources.list entry needs
to look for apt-get to find it.

hth,
grant

Re: [parisc-linux] Re: can't compile 2.4.24: pdc_cons.o problem!

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 05:52:41PM -0700, Grant Grundler wrote:
> Normally, follow the conversations on parisc-linux mailing list.
> I don't know how useful bugs.debian.org is for kernel packages.
> "stable" hppa kernel is horridly stale (kernel-image-2.4.18*).
> Because of security bugs, folks should be using at least 2.4.24.
> (2.4.25 is the lastest available, not).
> 2.6 kernels seem to be working well for me (except for SMP).
> But it looks like the most recent debian upload was 2.4.21 based.

Wups, a common misconception by people not used to how Debian does things.
The Debian 2.4.x kernels receive backported security fixes rather than
just updating to the most recent version.  I can't say I entirely agree
with this policy, but it is how Debian security works.

See http://www.debian.org/security/ for announcements of newer
kernel versions.  For some reason, there's no 2.4.18-hppa update yet.
I don't know why that is, but I presume someone's working on it.

team@security.debian.org added to the cc list, in case there's anything
I can do to help.  Please remove them from the CC list if your reply
won't be of interest to them.

> I see that http://cvs.parisc-linux.org/downloads/autobuild-kernels/32/
> has a Packages.gz. But I don't know how the sources.list entry needs
> to look for apt-get to find it.

Something like:

deb http://cvs.parisc-linux.org/downloads/autobuild-kernels/ 32/

should do the trick, but I think you have the URL wrong.  I get:

/downloads/autobuild-kernels/32: unknown location

-- 
"Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon 
the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those
conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse
to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince 
himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep 
he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain

Re: [parisc-linux] Re: can't compile 2.4.24: pdc_cons.o problem!

[Grant Grundler]

On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 01:20:33AM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> deb http://cvs.parisc-linux.org/downloads/autobuild-kernels/ 32/
> 
> should do the trick, but I think you have the URL wrong.  I get:
> 
> /downloads/autobuild-kernels/32: unknown location

oopps...my bad. It's "download" (without 's')
And I confirmed the following sources.list line works:

deb http://cvs.parisc-linux.org/download/autobuild-kernels/ 32/

apt-get update says:
Hit http://cvs.parisc-linux.org 32/ Packages                                   
Ign http://cvs.parisc-linux.org 32/ Release                                    

And dselect doesn't see the kernel-image-2.4.25-pa0 .deb.
(I ran "update" from dselect menu)

DOH! two things:
1) I'm doing this on an a500 - use 64/ instead
2) packages are called "palinux-64-2.4...." (not "kernel-image-2.4...")

hrmm...dselect is getting:
Err http://cvs.parisc-linux.org 64/ palinux-64-2.4.25-pa0 0-2        
  404 Not Found
...
Failed to fetch http://cvs.parisc-linux.org/download/autobuild-kernels/./palinux-64-2.4.25-pa0_0-2_all.deb  404 Not Found
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

OIC... '64/' is missing. Ideas?

thanks,
grant

Re: [parisc-linux] Re: can't compile 2.4.24: pdc_cons.o problem!

[Grant Grundler]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 11:51:00PM -0700, Grant Grundler wrote:
> Failed to fetch http://cvs.parisc-linux.org/download/autobuild-kernels/./palinux-64-2.4.25-pa0_0-2_all.deb  404 Not Found
> E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
> 
> OIC... '64/' is missing. Ideas?

deb http://cvs.parisc-linux.org/download/autobuild-kernels/64/ ./

Thanks to Paul Bame for putting a similar line on
	htt://cvs.parisc-linux.org/download/linux-2.4/

thanks,
grant