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| From | Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode? |
| Date | 2019-04-28 19:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <xRVMK-7R0-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <xRVjH-7sg-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | Newsfeed am Wurmloch |
Björn Persson <Bjorn@xn--rombobjrn-67a.se> wrote: > I have a small server with a Geode processor – Geode LX 500 MHz > according to the BIOS boot screen – which I needed to upgrade from > Debian 8 to Debian 9. I know that Debian has dropped support for i586, > but I haven't been able to find a definitive answer to how that affects > Geodes. What little I could find on the Web seemed to suggest that > Geodes are mostly like i686, which is supposed to still be supported by > Debian 9, so I decided to try it, took a backup, and took the plunge. The Geode LX is missing some CPU instructions to be fully i686-compatible. > It turns out that the kernel from Debian 9 won't boot. Both Linux > 4.9.0-8-686 and 4.9.0-9-686 appear to hang early in the boot process. > Everything else seems to work, so right now I'm running Debian 9 on > Linux 3.16.0-8-586 from Debian 8. This works for now, but it's > obviously not a long-term solution. Even if the Kernel boots, you might find other software which will SIGILL if you try to run it on a Geode LX, because if the missing instructions. > So my question is: Is the Geode LX among the dropped processors, or is > the hang a bug that should be fixed? Geode LX is among the dropped processors, you need at least a Geode NX for Debian Stretch. Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.
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Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode? Björn Persson <Bjorn@xn--rombobjrn-67a.se> - 2019-04-28 19:00 +0200
Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-04-28 19:10 +0200
Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode? Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2019-04-28 19:30 +0200
Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-04-28 19:50 +0200
Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode? Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2019-04-28 19:30 +0200
Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode? Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-04-28 19:50 +0200
Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-04-28 20:10 +0200
Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-04-28 20:40 +0200
Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode? Björn Persson <Bjorn@xn--rombobjrn-67a.se> - 2019-04-28 20:50 +0200
Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode? Björn Persson <Bjorn@xn--rombobjrn-67a.se> - 2019-04-28 22:00 +0200
Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode? billium <billium@bucknall.me.uk> - 2019-04-28 22:30 +0200
Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-04-29 10:40 +0200
Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode? Björn Persson <Bjorn@xn--rombobjrn-67a.se> - 2019-05-05 18:00 +0200
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