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From: Jay.Estabrook@digital.com
Subject: New MILOs Available (Was: Kernel building - zImage ??)
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 17:53:59 +0500


>>> Warren Davies said:
>
> go get the latest MILO image. I had that problem with my Miata. After I
> got the latest it worked fine. BTW there are two areas you can get it from
> at gatekeeper. One is the released and one is not but the latest
> development one. Don't ask me which dirs cuz I don't remember. I do
> remember that I used the development one.

The old MILO directory, unmaintained and not updated for more than a year,
is located at:

	gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/Miniloader

Still useful in there is the documentation/HOWTO, though sadly out of date.

The most recent MILOs have been kept at:

	gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/Kernels

and typically produced on a "onesy" basis, as needed, for things that were
broken or the inclusion of newer drivers, etc. Lately, they've been named
something like "milo-lx164-980809" or some such, to indicate the machine that
they are for (in this case LX164) and the date I put them out there. And doing
an "ls -lt" on that directory will also give you some indication as to newness.

For the RH 5.1 release, I made MILOs available for all platforms at:

	gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/Kernels/Test-Milos-2.0.30+

They are still there, but have recently (:-) been joined by a completely
new set, located at:

	gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/Kernels/Test-Milos-981008

These "new" ones are the same-old-same-old, and not based on any of the
nifty new enhancements that the Debian folk have been producing. They, like
before, include the DEC BIOS emulation code, and were built under RH 4.2.

However, there have been some enhancements and updates in various areas;
the ncr53c8xx driver is now at rev 3.0i, and tulip.c at 0.89H. PCI probing
code has been updated to handle new PCI-PCI bridges, especially for some
of the 4-port NIC cards now appearing.

The kernel code which these MILOs use is an alpha-patched 2.0.35 plus a
couple of little pre36-based tweaks. I will be making these patches available
in the usual place and the usual form within the next day or so.

If there is a real need for the MILO sources I used, I can make them available
as well; but be aware, the Debian folk were given almost exactly the same code
I used, and it's nearly a sure bet that their setup is easier to duplicate, and
build with.

I have every intention of cooperating with and encouraging the Debian MILO
effort, if for no other reason than a selfish one: they seem to have a lot
more time and energy and good ideas to bring to continuing MILO development
than I do... ;-}

So, please, take a look on gatekeeper, grab the latest MILO for your box
from that Kernels/Test-Milos-981008/ directory, and test it out, and let me
know if you run into any problems.

Thanks!

--Jay++

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