From: hollis@andrew.cmu.edu
To: bob@kunk.jriver.com
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: RevD iMac USB errors (was Problems compiling ppc kernels)
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 23:43:17 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <381674D5.15A925B5@andrew.cmu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 19991027030045.28758.qmail@kunk.jriver.com
bob@kunk.jriver.com wrote:
>
> Neil Russel Wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 01:47:28PM -0400, Mike Panetta wrote:
> > I have been having some real weird problems with compiling
> > kernels for my iMAC. ....
>
> I had basically the same problems compiling a kernel for iMac, and
> fixed them by turning off config for the offending items. I did not
> get any of those kernels to boot on the iMac. I ended up using 2.2.6
> (the one shipped on the LinuxPPC CD). The 226 kernel works, except for
> the keyboard/mouse ("version 1.16 USB, only understand 1.0 problem").
> 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?
> 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.
-Hollis
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-10-27 3:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-10-27 3:00 Problems compiling ppc kernels bob
1999-10-27 3:43 ` hollis [this message]
1999-10-27 5:57 ` RevD iMac USB errors (was Problems compiling ppc kernels) Neil Russell
1999-10-27 6:10 ` hollis
1999-10-27 18:35 ` Dan Malek
1999-11-01 5:11 ` Dan Malek
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1999-10-28 1:31 Dan Malek
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