Re: Compiling kernel 2.4.3 on iBook/Debian2.2r2
On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 03:39:24AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 12:20:11AM -0700, Grant Miller wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 08:21:41AM +0200, Jean-Noel Colin wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I am trying to compile kernel 2.4.3 downloaded from www.kernel.org.
> > > I made a make menuconfig to select the configuration and that ran
> > > make vmlinux, I get the error messages below.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Don't use the 2.4 kernels from kernel.org. They don't have all the fixes
> > for powerpc.
> >
> > Do a
> > rsync -avz penguinppc.org::linux-2.4-benh linux-2.4-benh
>
> there is now finally patches available, though they will still
> probably change on an hourly basis:
>
> ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/cort
>
> unless you have a specific need (read hardware support) for 2.4 you
> are MUCH better off sticking with 2.2.19 which is fine from
> ftp.kernel.org (no patch required).
his subject says it all
Compiling kernel 2.4.3 on iBook/Debian2.2r2
he does have special hardware requirements, AFAIK ben's kernels are still
the only kernels with sup[port for recent powerbook/ibook sleep and a few
other good things.
See You
Steve
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