Re: kernel 2.6.x on IBM thin client 8363

["Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>]

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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~Randy
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