[SPARCbook] Re: P9000 Linux Framebuffer "kind of" working

[Michael Schwarz]

On Tuesday 03 December 2002 01:14 pm, David Cantrell wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 11:58:10AM -0700, Bob Bramwell wrote:
> > Congratulations!  It sounds like several of us out here would be most
> > interested in what you accomplish.  Having a good working Linux as an
> > alternative to an old version of Solaris would be a BIG plus.
>
> I'm running a stock 2.2.18 kernel here on my 3gx, from the Debian 2.2
> install disk.  It works very nicely, provided I don't use the console.
> That's unbearably slow.

For the record, I too am using Debian, although I'm switching between a 2.2.18 
kernel ("last known stable" point for my testing) and a 2.4.18 kernel where 
I'm hacking away at the framebuffer code ("last known 
oh-my-god-where-did-my-system-go point for my testing).

I had a lot of fun getting to that point.  I had no removable media drives, so 
I had to make one of my Lintel boxes act as a bootp server to the Sparcbook.  
That was fun.  Never done that before.  Worked like a charm.  Booted into 
Debian install and installed the entire OS over the 'net.  Sure, at 256kbit 
it took the better part of a day, but the geek factor made it all 
worthwhile...

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Michael Schwarz
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