Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 5 Jan 2006 19:18:19 -0800 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: kernel 2.6.x on IBM thin client 8363 |
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On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:16:28 +0100 Hans-Jürgen Lange wrote:
> Hello, > > I would like to run a 2.6.x kernel on a IBM thin client 8363. There are > patches available for the 2.4 series of kernels. > I had a look on these patches and the only thing they do is to expand > the kernel commandline size to 512 Bytes and a change in > arch/i386/kernel/head.S that changed the pointer to the commandline to a > fixed address.
Where are these 2.4 patches that you are referring to?
> In the 2.4.kernel the kernel parameter and command line are ,,moved out > of the way'' in two steps. And the second step is the one that get patched. > In the 2.6 kernel this is done in one step. I did get an explanation of > the startup code for the 2.4. kernel but not for the 2.6. I believe that > it is no problem to make the changes to get the IBM 8363 running. > > I have seen that some people use this machine but all what use the > newest kernel. > > If someone could help me to understand what is going on in the startup > code or may have a ready to use solution for this problem it would be > very nice if you could help with get it running.
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