From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <19991026225703.G11654@lx.c-side.com> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 22:57:03 -0700 From: Neil Russell To: hollis@andrew.cmu.edu Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: RevD iMac USB errors (was Problems compiling ppc kernels) References: <19991027030045.28758.qmail@kunk.jriver.com> <381674D5.15A925B5@andrew.cmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <381674D5.15A925B5@andrew.cmu.edu>; from hollis@andrew.cmu.edu on Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 11:43:17PM -0400 Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 11:43:17PM -0400, hollis@andrew.cmu.edu wrote: > > I ended up hacking a small change into the ethernet code to snarf > > specially formatted UDP packets and shove them into the console queue. > > This works fine, but is rather ugly. > > I have no idea what you're saying... you hacked your iMac to make it > think custom-made packets coming at it are from the keyboard? That's it exactly. I used this hacked kernel to allow me to type on the console to get linux installed. I never intended to use the console for real work. I just run X11 to a remote X server for that. > > Does anyone else have any insight into this? Can anyone point me to > > a kernel binary that works on the iMac? How about the config file for > > the said kernel? > > > > I have a rev.D iMac, purchased about a month ago (just before the new > > iMac came out). > > The kernels on rshaw's pages (http://www.linuxppc.org/blueg3) should > work fine. The trick is just to comment out the USB version-checking > code. I think he has the patch there as well. I tried several of those kernels and they would not even boot. I also built a kernel with the version checking commented out and those kernels would not even find the keyboard. -- Neil Russell ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/