[ydl-gen] ydl5 kernel compilation on PS3

[Sanders, Rob M.]

  I have rebuild the YDL kernel on a PS3, to enable the huge table support for some
of the demos on the IBM SDK.  Been 4 months since then.  This was on the November
or early December release of the PS3 iso, and the source for the kernel was in the 
iso as a srpm image.  That was the missing step, the 2.6.17 kernel I grabbed from
TSS wasn't the right kernel source.  
  Wish I could remember more, I've got some email traffic on my home computer about
the steps I took going back and forth with TSS, but we just moved and have no 
net access from home.


                                                  Rob


-----Original Message-----
From: yellowdog-general-bounces at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com on behalf of David Seikel
Sent: Mon 4/2/2007 5:17 AM
To: yellowdog-general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] ydl5 kernel compilation on PS3
 
On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:39:46 -0400 Derick Centeno
<aguilarojo at verizon.net> wrote:

> The latest information posted is a bit dated, however the principles
> are the same regarding custom kernel creation and installation.  I've 
> included another instruction regarding checking yaboot; the point is 
> merely to insure that your kernel is properly identified at boot.
> You may not even have yaboot running on the PS3, I really don't know
> as I don't have one.

PS3 YDL uses kboot instead of yaboot, and since Amos
mentioned /etc/kboot.conf, and other kboot things, I think he has that
bit sussed out.

I have not tried a YDL kernel recompile yet, but it's on my TODO, so I
can't really offer any words of advice right now.

> Here's the links:
> 
> http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/kernels.shtml
> 
> http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/yaboot_kernel.shtml
> 
> Best of Luck...
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Amos Tibaldi wrote:
> > Hello,
> >    I have tried to compile the 2.6.17 kernel from source on a ydl5 
> > running on a PS3. The compilation is successful and I have copied
> > in the /boot directory the vmlinux file. Moreover I have created
> > the .img file in the same directory. Then I have modified
> > the /etc/kboot.conf in order to insert an entry for the new 2.6.17
> > files but unfortunately when I reboot and at the kboot prompt I
> > choose the ydl2617 options the kernel hangs without messages and
> > does not proceed further. 
> > Do I miss something? There is any additional issue to perform on
> > ppc machines that is different from x86 machines? If possible I'd
> > like to receive links to general kernel compilation instructions
> > for ydl5 on ps3. 
> > Thanks very much in advance.....

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