Updated the IA64 system (HP RX2600) to 4.17-rc1, and the compile and install/boot was without incident.. The python-related warning with 4.16 was no longer present.. (see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2222 ). …………… [ OK ] Started Getty on tty1. [ OK ] Reached target Login Prompts. [ OK ] Started Login Service. [ OK ] Reached target Multi-User System. [ … Continue reading →
Just updated the HP RX2600 to Kernel 4.16-rc3, and apart from an odd quirk at compile time, all went OK.. ………….. Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 98 modules GZIP arch/ia64/hp/sim/boot/vmlinux.gz File “./arch/ia64/scripts/unwcheck.py”, line 19 print “Usage: %s FILE” % sys.argv[0] ^ SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to ‘print’ make: [arch/ia64/Makefile:78: unwcheck] Error 1 (ignored) ……………… Despite this, … Continue reading →