HOWTO build a 2.6 kernel for PPC

[James Ricken]

On 05 Jan 2004 09:41:42 +0100
Jeroen Zwartepoorte <jeroen@ydl.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Don't do it this way. Never overwrite an existing kernel. That way you
> won't be able to boot into a safe & working kernel if the new one
> doesn't work.
> 
> Also, don't get the sources from kernel.org. Ben Herrenschmidt (benh)
> has an rsync repository setup with patches specific to PPC.
> 
> Before doing the steps below, make sure your modutils package is
> up-to-date. The one shipped with YDL 3.0.1 is too old. Get a newer one
> from Fedora (ppc or source rpm). My version is modutils-2.4.25-13 which
> works fine.
> 
> Do something like this (as root):
> 
> cd /usr/src
> mkdir pmac-benh26
> cd pmac-benh26
> rsync -avvz --delete --partial --blocking-io
> source.mvista.com::linuxppc-2.5-benh .
> make pmac_defconfig
> make
> make modules_install
> cp vmlinux /boot/vmlinux-2.6.1-rc1-ben1
> cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.1-rc1-ben1
> mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.1-rc1-ben1.img 2.6.1-rc1-ben1
> 
> Now edit /etc/yaboot.conf and add the following lines:
> 
> image=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.1-rc1-ben1
>         label=2.6.1
>         root=/dev/hda5
>         read-only
>         initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.1-rc1-ben1.img
>  
> Now don't forget to run 'ybin' to update yaboot.
> 
> Now reboot and choose "2.6.1" at the boot prompt.
> 
> NOTE: the current version of the kernel in benh's rsync repo is
> 2.6.1-rc1-ben1. You might want to change the strings in the future when
> a newer version is available.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > >I was  wanting to try out the new 2.6 kernel.
> > >Can anyone show me what to do to install and compile it?
> > >Thanks Jim
> > 
> > 1) You must get it from www.kernel.org then unstuff it and with the
> > terminal go in the kernel folder
> > 2) type "make xconfig" and configure the kernel as u want
> > 3) save the kernel settings
> > 4) type "make modules && make modules_install"
> > 5) type "make vmlinux"
> > 6) type "cp ./System.map /boot/" it will ask u if u want to overwrite the
> > file, type "y"
> > 7) edit the yaboot configuration file typing "emacs /etc/yaboot.conf" or
> > any other text editor, and put all the          new settings there
> > 8) type "ybin"
> > 9) reboot and good luck
> >  
> > Fra
> > 
> > Mac Os: Plug and Play
> > Windows: Plug and Pray
> > 
> > Thanks for the help
But on yaboot I can't use that,I have to use BootX.
Is there anything different that you have to do when using BootX?
Thanks Jim












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