From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261500AbTK3Nfe (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Nov 2003 08:35:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263787AbTK3Nfe (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Nov 2003 08:35:34 -0500 Received: from mailhst2.its.tudelft.nl ([130.161.34.250]:9702 "EHLO mailhst2.its.tudelft.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261500AbTK3Nfc (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Nov 2003 08:35:32 -0500 Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 14:35:27 +0100 (MET) From: Sebastiaan To: Mikael Pettersson cc: S.Breedveld@ewi.tudelft.nl, Subject: Re: PowerMac floppy (SWIM-3) doesn't compile In-Reply-To: <200311301125.hAUBPRC4029084@harpo.it.uu.se> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Mikael Pettersson wrote: > On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 10:19:07 +0100 (MET), Sebastiaan wrote: > >I am trying to build the 2.6.0-test11 kernel for my PowerMac 7300/166, but > >the floppy controller doesn't want to compile. I have: > > Known problem. Has been reported several times, but the PPC > maintainers haven't bothered merging the fix yet. > > I'm using the patch below since the 2.5.7x kernels. > (Paul Mackerras' 2.4 swim3 rework forward-ported to 2.5 by me.) > There's also an "official" powermac tree somewhere which > includes some swim3 patch, but I don't know if it's the same > as this one. > Thanks, the patch works fine :). > As for the boot problem you reported, please try a newer gcc > like 3.2.3 or 3.3.2. I had lots of wierd problems with 2.95.3 > and the 2.4 kernels on ppc before I switched to gcc-3.x.x. > I have upgraded to 3.3.2 but the problem remains. Thanks, Sebastiaan -- English written by Dutch people is easily recognized by the improper use of 'In principle ...' The software box said 'Requires Windows 95 or better', so I installed Linux. Als Pacman in de jaren '80 de kinderen zo had be?nvloed zouden nu veel jongeren rondrennen in donkere zalen terwijl ze pillen eten en luisteren naar monotone electronische muziek. (Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, 1989)