Re: New kernel 2.1.130 problems?

["Konrad Podloucky" <konrad calvin tssc univie ac at>]

On 01-Dec-98 B. James Phillippe wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Designer 7 wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I'm considering trying the new 2.1.130 kernel. It is my understanding 
>> that older kernels required Alpha patches in order to work on Alpha 
>> machines. Does this new kernel still require those patches? 
> 
Hi,

I'm using the 2.1.130 for approx. 2 days, now on an SX164.
I haven't had any problems, yet.


One strange thing concerning the last stable kernels:

As the SX owners probably know, the stock kernel has problems with the floppy
driver (you can't access the floppy). Jay fixed it in his patches (for the
2.0.35), but I had to patch the 2.0.36, myself. The strange thing is, that the
2.1.xx kernels I have tried so far (126-130) all have a working floppy driver.

Greetings
        Konrad
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