Re: 2.4.0-test? woes

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

Robert Ramiega wrote:

> > >  Is PCI for Permedia needed in kernel to use X
> >
> > It shouldn't. If it doesn't work without, that's a bug.
>  Actually i don't know (i didn't try it.. i just think that XF4 can't find
> permedia, tries to boot generic framebuffer and fails.

It can't fall back to another driver if the one you want (glint in this case)
fails.


>  My Amiga just rebooted (i was running selfcompiled 2.4.0-test4) without
> apparent reason

No kernel panic/oops/whatever either?

> i start to think that there is something wrong with memory
> management under test4 (i had mutt exitting abnormally twice)


> > > (and if so which bootstrap should i use the new one that's required for
> > > 2.2.10 kernel or the old one that was kindly included by Michel Danzer
> > > in 2.4.0-test4 tarball) ?
> >
> > Note that PCI doesn't work yet in 2.4 . Guess I should also move that to a
>  So basicaly for now with 2.4 we are stuck at old bootstrap right ?

Right, but that's independent of the PCI stuff. Noone has bothered to adapt
2.4 to the latest boothack yet (BTW I wonder if Nicholai is still around
somewhere?).


Michel


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