Re: Compiling kernel for ppc64

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 11:41:49AM -0300, Eduardo Trápani wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is there a way to compile the kernel for an iMac G5 without having to 
> upgrade the whole box to testing?

Can't you just use the prebuilt kernels from :

  http://people.debian.org/~luther/2.6.14-rc5

? You will need to recompile the sid yaird and maybe initrd-tools, but they
work fine on sarge (running them on a sarge install on my tibook). You would
need the -powerpc64 flavour obviously.

You can naturally do it yourself by building either a ppc32->ppc64 cross
compiler, or inside a etch/sid chroot, or something. I personally use a sid
chroot (man debootstrap for details).

Friendly,

Sven Luther