Re: hyperCOM1 and whippet fixes

[Michel <da...@re...>]

Alan Buxey wrote:

> > Yes Alan, I think it would be very nice if you could build the latest 2.2
> > CVS (with pending patches applied as well) on a regular basis for the test
> > module.
> 
> this I will do.

Thanks a lot.


> i was thinking....now 2.3 'works', should I also make a 2.3 test kernel
> for the masses to use?

Have a go please, user feedback is always very welcome - but lots of things
still don't work. (Put a *REALLY BIG FAT* warning there ;)


> > - Please put the files into a subdirectory which is named like the
> > archives
> 
> ..could you explain?

If the archive is calles vmapus-test-[date].{tar.gz,lha}, put the files in a
directory calles vmapus-test-[date] . That way the testers don't get all the
files cluttered in one directory.


> thanks for the .config tips - I've been collecting 'wants and needs' from
> people who have booted up and found no support for their required pieces -
> and you also alerted me to 3 oversights (i cant believe it, but yes, silly
> things did slip through - I'll be updating the 'standard 2.2.10' as well -

That would be very nice, thanks.


> > - Don't set CONFIG_MODVERSIONS. As you have noticed, it causes problems
> > for us and isn't needed anyway as we're stuck with 2.2.10 ;)
> 
> :-)  btw, is there any chance of us seeing .16 ? what issues are there
> with the later 2.2.11/16 yada range?

2.2 is still based on m68k and thus: no new m68k version, no new m68k version.

Besides, I've read somewhere that performance didn't exactly improve very much
after 2.2.10 ;)


> as a general rule, local services that are needed to get the machien to
> boot and install etc i compile in. 'Exotics' and things that you use once
> you are booted (sound, serial, joystick, parallel) I try to make as
> modules.

That's a very good concept IMHO.

But I don't think that we should encourage people to use the test kernels for
installing, should we?


Michel


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