building kernel 2.6 on ppc/powerbook

[Gavin Hemphill]

Stefan:
	Use bitkeeper to clone the http://ppc.bkbits.net/linuxppc-2.5-benh tree 
and you'll have the sources.  I think you will also need a new toolchain 
as well.
	G++

Stefan Bruda wrote:
> At 10:59 -0500 on 2003-11-29 Joe Villari wrote:
>  >
>  > It's pretty simple. After downloading the kernel you want from 
>  > kernel.org and uncompress it cd into the directory and run  make 
>  > menuconfig. This will walk you through the compiling options and lead 
>  > you to the next steps.
>  > 
>  > This works for ANY system.
> 
> Yes, but the problem is the kernel source.  Does anybody know where
> can one find the PPC-specific patches (preferably benh patches) for
> the 2.6-test11 or for that matter any other recent 2.6 kernel?  On
> kernel.org PPC patches stop at test4, and I seriously dounbt that a
> test kernel will work unpatched on the PPC (somebody please correct me
> if I am wrong).
> 
> So anybody knows about, I dunno, maybe an rsync mirror for the benh
> 2.6 kernel tree?  I know I can always go to the bk repository but I am
> not familiar with this system and I would sidestep it if it can be
> helped (really short on time these days).
> 
> I also believe that you need a different modutils package to
> successfully compile and install 2.6.  Shesh, I did want to try all of
> these out but I have yet to find time, I hope to be able to do this
> soon.  Meantime I appreciate any information, as much as the original
> poster.
> 
> Stefan
>