David Cantrell said:
> Charles Fultz wrote:
>
> > I think that the make [config, menuconfig, xconfig] should check
> > /dev/openprom/compatible, and if it equals one of 'sun4c', 'sun4d', or
> > 'sun4m' it should not give the option of PCI and/or PS/2
> > keyboard/mouse. How's that sound?
>
> That's not a good idea. It makes it difficult for distributors to build
> kernels unless they are building them on the target machine. 9 times out
> of 10, we don't build a kernel on the target machine, but rather a build
> machine.
I guess I don't understand how it's bad. Can you elaborate a bit more
on this? I understand that you don't usually build a kernel for a
specific machine on that particular machine, that makes sense.
I understand that if you build a kernel for a 32bit machine
(sun4[cdm] in this case), you may be building it on a 64bit (ultra [sun4u])
machine. And in my suggestion you would still see the PCI & PS/2
option. But, if you were building a 32bit kernel on a 32bit machine,
you wouldn't get that option which is how I'd like it.
Suggestions, complaints, and comments are encouraged on this subject.
> I'm looking into e2fsprogs right now to see if there's a new release or
> anything like that. I don't know why it would segfaulting. Perhaps the
> disklabel support in the kernel, but I don't know.
I'm building a new kernel that will (hopefully) make everything
better. Like I said, I only had the problem during setup.
Charles
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