compiling 2.5 kernel for ppc64

[Andrew Morton]

Gary Byers <gb at clozure.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi.
>
> Earlier today, I:
>
> - built and installed binutils for ppc64, from current RedHat CVS sources
> - built and installed gcc for pppc64, from current GCC 3.3 CVS sources +
>    the latest (20030326) 3.3 patch from penguinppc64.org
> - tried to build kernel 2.5.66 from ftp.kernel.org

All the necessary patches to build a ppc64 2.5 kernel are in the -mm tree.

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.5/2.5.66/2.5.66-mm1/broken-out

There are four in there at present.  I am testing that kernel on ppc64 a
couple of times a week.


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