Which driver update to use? -- SUCCESS!

[Jim Henderson]

Are you using a Cyrix chip?

On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Ken Garlock wrote:

> Hi Doug.  Over the weekend I pulled your 5.0.19 release from your 2.0.34
> directory, and replaced the existing RH 5.1 files with your files.
> 
> During the initial "make boot" and "make modules" I received internal GCC
> errors.  I restarted the make in each case and the make continued to normal
> end.  This I believe to be errors in the original 5.0.13 code in the
> RH source (since I hadnt install your new code yet, rather just building
> it.)
> 
> Once I had a new kernel running with your 5.0.19 code, I did  4 more "make
> boot" runs WITHOUT an error.
>  I think you have a winner there.
> 
> Many thanks, and keep up the good work...
> 
> Regards,
> Ken Garlock              k-garlock at ti.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Ledford <dledford at dialnet.net>
> To: Ken Garlock <k-garlock at ti.com>
> Cc: aic7xxx Mailing List <AIC7xxx at FreeBSD.ORG>
> Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 3:53 AM
> Subject: Re: Which driver update to use?
> 
> 
> >Ken Garlock wrote:
> >
> >> Since Redhat 5.1 is shipping (got mine by FedEx last Friday), it might be
> >> good to publish a set of steps to move from the Redhat base distribution
> to
> >> the latest driver level.
> >>
> >> Doug Ledford,  What do you recommend?
> >
> >Whenever you change the kernel on a RedHat system, you should use the
> >incremental patches found in the 2.0.33 directory of my ftp site if you are
> >going to start out with the RedHat kernel sources.  If you start with a
> >clean kernel tree, then grab the patch that applies to the kernel you
> >grabbed (there is a 2.0.34 patch up there now).
> >
> >--
> >
> > Doug Ledford  <dledford at dialnet.net>
> >  Opinions expressed are my own, but
> >     they should be everybody's.
> >
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