Re: Problems compiling 2.2.15pre4 kernel

[Sven LUTHER <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr>]

On Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 03:30:02PM +0100, Olaf Hering wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 25, Sven LUTHER wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 11:42:06AM +0100, Olaf Hering wrote:
> > > 
> > > But I have another problem: We want (basic) support for APUS in the
> > > upcoming release and the current kernel 2.2.15pre4 can not be compiled.
> ...
> > > make[1]: *** [ppc_ksyms.o] Error 1
> ...
> > > Is there a fix for this problem? 
> > > We don't have any APUS hardware here.
> 
> > Are you speaking about debian/potato release ?
> 
> No, about the SuSE PPC release.

Oh, ... thought so.

> > If yes i guess it was decided to use 2.2.15pre4 or whatever as the final
> > candidate for the debian/potato/powerpc release.
> > 
> > But it is not possible to do so for apus. I have prepared a
> > kernel-image-2.2.10-apus package that is the kernel to be used by the
> > apus subarch. Anyway it is not really needed apart for the modules, since
> > there is no such thing as lilo or quick for apus.
> 
> I tried a 2.2.10 kernel a few minutes ago and it fails in other files, I
> guess this apus arch needs a little more attention than a simple
> recompile with another .config :-)

You need to get the linux-m68k diffs (from sunsite.auc.dk/pub/os/linux/680x0
for example). Then you need to apply the apus diffs (linux-m68-... from
sunsite.auc.dk/pub/os/linux/apus) and then you can compile the stuff.

All this info is one :
http://sunsite.auc.dk/ftp/pub/os/linux/apus/docs/faq.html

alternatively, you can also apply the pm2fb patch and bppc_scsi_detect
patches as i do for debian. the pm2fb patch is on the pm2fb web page, and is
just a tarball of the atcual files, and the bppc_scsi patch is on the sunsite
ftp site. (together with a new bootstrap program needed to boot the new
kernel).

I am also the linux-apus 2.2.x kenrel maintainer, so if you have any problems,
please contact me. I will try to make a new official 2.2.10 kernel release
nextly, maybe this week end, so you will not need to get all the patches, just
the m68k and apus ones.

Alternatively, you could try to port the m68k patches to a newer stable
kernel, and thus run your 2.2.15 kernel on apus also. If you do so, both Jes
sorensen (the m68k kernel maintainer ), doing 2.3.x only this days) and me and
Jesper Skov will be delighted indeed. If you have time, that is, since the
m68k patches are quite big. I would do it, but i don't trully have the time
for it.

And good luck for you

Friendly,

Sven LUTHER