[Cbe-oss-dev] Problem with rebuilding latest Linux Kernel for PS3

[Geoff Levand]

On 07/25/2008 02:35 PM, John Cunha wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>  
> I'm having some trouble building the 2.6.26 kernel on a Playstation 3
> (Please be patient with me)...
>  
> I downloaded
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/_linux-2.6.26.tar.bz2 

These sources will work OK as is.  Use ps3_defconfig as a start.

> I then downloaded the PS3 patch for the 2.6.26 kernel at
> <http://www.eu.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/ps3/ps3-linux-kernel/patch-ps3-linux-2.6.26-stable.0.bz2>

These are not for end users.  They are for distros who want
backports.

> Next I did:
>    make oldconfig

You need to use ps3_defconfig.

make mrproper
cp arch/powerpc/configs/ps3_defconfig .config
make oldconfig

-Geoff