Re: last_ipl problem and proposal for poll

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HI !

> > In my opinion poll about ide/ipl problem should look like this:
> > 
> > * Amiga model                 : A1200/A4000
> > * Board revision              : for instance : rev2b ...
> > * PPC Card Model              : for instance : Blizzard 603e/175/68040/40
> > * Kernel used                 : 2.4.x
> > * Suffer from ipl/ide problem : Yes/No
> > * Strange behaviour           : description for instance : waits for
> >                                 about 20s after that continues booting 
> > * Remarks                     : kernel is showing last ipl also when ....
> > * Email                       : ...
> 
> IIRC the sf.net poll system isnt that 'advanced' - its just a case of
> each question being able to have stock seection of answers... (which
> are programmable) but no remark fields or email entering fields etc.

Too bad.
 
> the idea of a PHP program to collect the data is the most interesting
> method to collect such information.

Who would do that ? Somebody said he would help us...

> I would possibly get a PowerFlyer if it had proper support. been holding off.

So, you see we are in hmm ... "deadlock".
  
> > I really want to get 2.4.x kernel working on my amiga, then I'll be
> > able to start writing driver.
> 
> me too... i need to have a working kernel so that I can start playing
> with things that no longer work... eg some serial hardware.  and then
> maybe even take up that Mediator PCI challenge..or start on it.
> but my kernel source code compiles...but I cant use that kernel
> (and stupidly I now longer have a 2.4.13 tree :-( )

So in apus-developers best interest should be fixing that bug as fast
as possible :) It's a pity that I cannot do anything about it because of
my lack of knowledge. 

Regards
Krystian