[OpenAFS-devel] ppc_linux22 still working incorrectly on Debian

[chas williams]

In message <200206280608.g5S683F15281@kruuna.Helsinki.FI>,Atro Tossavainen writ
es:
>The specific error message (after a truckload of "lost contact with ..."
>messages to the system log) is that /afs cannot be mounted, so df
>doesn't show /afs, and yes, the mount point is there.

interesting.  run 'netstat -an' and see if your host is listening on
7001, it should be something like:

udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:7001            0.0.0.0:*                           

are you running any firewall software?  ipchains/iptables and the like? 
try 'service ipchains status' or 'service iptables status'

>In response to your earlier inquiry about using a 2.4 kernel instead,
>I am finding it difficult to build a ppc kernel that I would be able to
>As said before, the process of building a functional ppc kernel is still
>a bit unclear to me.

it can be tricky to build a kernel for 2.4  see www.penguinppc.org for
more information about where to get kernel sources for ppc.  i believe
2.4.18 will compile out of the box for ppc (it does need one patch
though).  other 2.4 series kernels usually are missing the necessary
ppc parts.

>The 2.4.5 kernel supplied with the NuBus Mac port apparently does not
>contain the xmon kernel debugger, so I get
>/usr/vice/etc/modload/libafs-2.4.5.o: unresolved symbol xmon

that seems puzzling.  why would the afs module want the xmon if your
kernel doesnt have it.  it seems like you might have not the right
.config/header for the kernel headers you have installed.  try
configuring --with-linux-kernel-headers=/my/kernel/sources/here
it would be a good idea to make sure the .config matches your running
kernel as closely as possible.

>The two Macs we have running Linux so far are a 6100/60 and a 7300/166.
>Apparently, the former requires a special NuBus-patched kernel so I'm

this nubus issue has recently been resolved.  there should be some
patches showing up for it on the ppc kernel trees shortly.

>running the 2.2.19 that came with the standard issue Debian 2.2r6 ppc
>as any kernels I have created so far are failing to boot (via BootX).

i run bootx on a supermax s900 (with a g4 proc card).  what error
(if any) do you see booting?