Re: compiling PPC kernel on i386


Subject: Re: compiling PPC kernel on i386
From: Andrew Gaffney (andrew_gaffney@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Feb 12 2002 - 07:35:46 MST


i successfully built a kernel but the mklinux booter
just hung trying to boot it. is a compiled-in ramdisk
image required even if you don't use it?

--- Bo Brinkman <brinkman@cs.princeton.edu> wrote:
> See http://penguinppc.org/embedded/cross-compiling/
>
> This is how I build for my 6100 and 7100, and it
> works great.
>
> Andrew Gaffney wrote:
>
> > i want to compile a new kernel to be used on my
> > PowerMac 6100 with YDL 2.1. since i don't have it
> > working right yet, all i have is my Athlon 750
> linux
> > box. does gcc have support for ppc? i tricked the
> > kernel menuconfig into thinking it was configuring
> for
> > a ppc. but how do i get gcc to put out ppc
> instructions?
> >
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