Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 6 Jan 2006 15:21:21 -0800 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: kernel 2.6.x on IBM thin client 8363 |
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On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 10:13:31 +0100 Hans-Jürgen Lange wrote:
> Randy.Dunlap wrote: > > 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? > > > > O.K. this is the very important one. Because without it the 8363 wont start.
Sorry, I have no idea about this patch. Where did you get these 2.4 patches? are there others?
It looks a little like it may be dependent on your boot loader. What boot loader are you using?
> --- linux/arch/i386/kernel/head.S.orig Mon Jul 16 16:13:11 2001 > +++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/head.S Mon Jul 16 16:14:26 2001 > @@ -158,7 +158,10 @@ > movl $512,%ecx > rep > stosl > - movl SYMBOL_NAME(empty_zero_page)+NEW_CL_POINTER,%esi > +/* NetVista */ > +/* movl SYMBOL_NAME(empty_zero_page)+NEW_CL_POINTER,%esi */ > + movl $0x98000, %esi > + > andl %esi,%esi > jnz 2f # New command line protocol > cmpw $(OLD_CL_MAGIC),OLD_CL_MAGIC_ADDR
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