Subject: Re: compiling PPC kernel on i386
From: Bo Brinkman (brinkman@cs.princeton.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 12 2002 - 13:29:23 MST
No, that is untrue. I just follow the instructions there, and it works
fine on my powerbook 5300. As I have mentioned before, I can't seem to
make my 6100 or 7100 work with MkLinux boot loader, so I use BootX with
the uncompressed vmlinux on those machines. I have no idea why this
could be so, but it is. :(
Andrew Gaffney wrote:
> i followed those steps. i seem to remember reading
> that mklinux can't use compressed kernel images.
> doesn't make zImage gzip the kernel? should i do make
> vmlinux?
>
> --- Bo Brinkman <brinkman@cs.princeton.edu> wrote:
>
>>Shouldn't be. You did
>>make zImage
>>instead of
>>make
>>right? And you are using the arch/ppc/appleboot/Mach
>>Kernel? The steps I
>>posted at
>>
>>
> http://nubus.tuxppc.org/plain_page.php?caller=powermaclinux.php3+record=84
>
>>work for me cross-compiling just fine.
>>
>>Bo
>>
>>Andrew Gaffney wrote:
>>
>>
>>>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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>>>>Princeton Computer Science
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>>>>
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>>
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>>Princeton Computer Science
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>
>
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