Re: Re: Can someone spare some CPU time?
On Tue, Jan 04, 2000 at 09:01:20PM +0100, Henrik Farre wrote:
> Yello
please, no atomic energy here...
> 1. I have read the FAQ, every FAQ
I bet 1e6 Euro that you have not read _every_ FAQ...
> 2. My brother runs Linux i386, he works for a software programming
> firm, and he as tried to help me
nice try, we are using Linux/m68k, we are superior. Sorry, but Linux/m68k is
a little bit different (you need a different source tree).
> 3. I have tried kernel versions; 2.0.34 -> 2.1.124 and 2.2.10 with
> patches
As Michael said, you probably use the i386 source. There never was 2.0.34
for m68k, neither 2.1.124. Do as is written in the FAQ, get the source from
sunsite (its next door for you) or from erlagen:
ftp.uni-erlangen.de:/pub/Linux/680x0/v2.2/linux-2.2.10.tar.gz
I never tried to use the i386 source and patch it.
If that does not compile, you look for kernel-patches:
ftp.uni-erlangen.de:/pub/Linux/680x0/kernel-patches/2.2.10
and apply them as needed. Now somebody tell me this is not written in the
FAQ?
> 4. I have asked for help on the diff. problems I have with compiling
> the kernel, and have done everything I was told to do.
Yes, maybe you have. But you should not expect us to remember everything you
asked here. I have a very bad memory. Additional to this, very many people
ask me for help, I can not remember all that. I try to answer what I can,
but then I need complete information, then I forget the question, I need my
brain for important stuff (important for me...). And when I notice that I
answered the same question allready several times, I become angry, cant you
understand that?
> 5. Currently I'm trying the 2.2.10 with debian patches, I downloade
> the source from ftp.debian.org, and is compiling with
Dont do it. I dont know who made the patches or how, but when I built the
slink images, I only used Jes' source, with the "official" kernel patches.
> gcc272_2.7.2.3-14.deb and binutils_2.9.5.0.12-2.deb
Ok, my last (successful) kernel build was before gcc 2.95, maybe you have to
edit the makefile (somebody said its done allready?) to use gcc272 instead
of gcc (2.95). You may also change the executable, like the build daemons
do, so that gcc points to gcc272 during the kernel build. No Makefile
changes then.
If you can not compile a kernel then, using the correct source and using the
correct tools and procedures, it is a problem in the kernel-source and
should be reported to the kernel list, aka linux-m68k, there the clever
people are reading. For the record, I was able to compile 2.2.10 once on my
A2k, not sure if I aplied all the kernel patches, probably not, or not all
of them.
> 6. Yes I know how to install modules from a .tar file
Fine. Unfortunately, I dont have one handy now, I might make one for my
config (060), that wont help you too much. As I said, I am trying to improve
the virge driver, currently those kernels do not boot.
> 7. Sorry I asked, I just thought some kind soul could help a another
> user........
Yeah, sure, I cant, Michael cant, but we are not the only ones who can built
kernels. Good luck.
> 8. Look at the ml arcive there is most of the errors I
> get..............
Thank you, I will not waste my time, searching for your error messages
now...
And another 20 minutes wasted on answering FAQs...
Christian
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