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[LV-www-commit] CVS: www/htdocs index.html,1.11,1.12 bootlog-kenn-vs3100-20000714.txt,1.1,NONE bootlog-kenn-vs3100-20001231.txt,1.1,NONE
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From: Kenn H. <ke...@us...> - 2001-02-21 01:17:47
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Update of /cvsroot/linux-vax/www/htdocs In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv26557 Modified Files: index.html Removed Files: bootlog-kenn-vs3100-20000714.txt bootlog-kenn-vs3100-20001231.txt Log Message: Better tell people what we've been doing lately... Index: index.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/linux-vax/www/htdocs/index.html,v retrieving revision 1.11 retrieving revision 1.12 diff -u -r1.11 -r1.12 --- index.html 2001/01/11 17:28:19 1.11 +++ index.html 2001/02/21 01:18:44 1.12 @@ -40,13 +40,54 @@ <TD VALIGN=TOP NOSAVE></TD> </TR> +<!-- News entry boundary --> + +<TR VALIGN=TOP NOSAVE> +<TD>20 FEB 2000</TD> + +<TD NOSAVE> +<B>Kernel</B><BR> +Things are going pretty well right now. We're now working off the +official 2.4.0 kernel. Next I'll merge in 2.4.1. We intend to +track the 2.4.x series at least until 2.5 starts. Don't know +which way we'll go at that point yet... +<P> +Andy's pagelet layer is in place, making the +main kernel think we really have 4K pages, when we really only have +512-byte pages. (Sssh! Don't tell it...). Good work Andy! +<P> +Richard Banks has started trying it out on a MicroVAX 3100 Model 85 +(KA55 CPU) and, well, it's just not working... My best guess is +that the PCB needs to be set up correctly before turning on virtual +memory. I'll get to that real soon now, Richard. Honestly... +<P> +Anyway, I've tagged a build as kh-20010220 in CVS. You can see +the default configuration (i.e. rm .config && make oldconfig) booting +on a +<A HREF="bootlogs/bootlog-kenn-vs3100m76-20010220.txt"> +VAXstation 3100 Model 76</A> and a +<A HREF="bootlogs/bootlog-kenn-vs4000m60-20010220.txt"> +VAXstation 4000 Model 60</A>. Thanks for the 4000/60, Andy! +(Incidentally, those BOOTP transmission attempts in the VS3100 +bootlog are not actually putting packets on the wire.) +<P> +<B>Toolchain</B><BR> +You will need the 20001231 toolchain to build this kernel. +You can get it from CVS or grab snapshots from +<A HREF="ftp://linux-vax.sourceforge.net/pub/linux-vax/tools/Binaries/"> +the FTP site</A>. +</td> +</TR> + +<!-- News entry boundary --> + <TR VALIGN=TOP NOSAVE> <TD>31 DEC 2000</TD> <TD NOSAVE> <B>Kernel</B><BR> Some reasonable progress recently. Check out this -<A HREF="bootlog-kenn-vs3100-20001231.txt">boot sequence</A> +<A HREF="bootlogs/bootlog-kenn-vs3100-20001231.txt">boot sequence</A> on my VS3100m76. The LANCE ethernet chip, one of the NCR5380 SCSI controllers, the internal SCSI disk and it's partitions are detected. The usual bunch of initial kernel threads are created @@ -74,6 +115,7 @@ </td> </TR> +<!-- News entry boundary --> <TR VALIGN=TOP NOSAVE> <TD>11 AUG 2000</TD> @@ -135,7 +177,7 @@ Out of date <A HREF="linux-vax/docs.html">documentation</A> has been removed and replaced with a link to current docs.<BR> <B>Kernel</B><BR> -We're getting further slowly. <A HREF="bootlog-kenn-vs3100-20000714.txt">Here</A> +We're getting further slowly. <A HREF="bootlogs/bootlog-kenn-vs3100-20000714.txt">Here</A> is Kenn's VAXstation 3100 booting the latest kernel. The framework for handling interrupts is taking shape... </td> --- bootlog-kenn-vs3100-20000714.txt DELETED --- --- bootlog-kenn-vs3100-20001231.txt DELETED --- |
