Re: PPC Question

From: Tom Rini (trini@kernel.crashing.org)
Date: Mon Nov 26 2001 - 10:22:44 EST

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On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 10:03:16AM -0500, war wrote:

> I don't mind trying to compile release kernels on a PPC box, however
> when I send a bug report to LKML, everyone shoots it down and tells me
> to use someone else's source tree.

...just like every other arch, except x86.

> If people do not care about PPC in the kernel, should it be included in
> the source, or should I just forget about trying to use the 'stock'
> kernel and use someone else's PPC source tree (which are usually a few
> versions behind) in order to compile the kernel?

No, you should use the PPC community trees which all of the PPC
maintainers use and is at worst a day behind kernel.org (But usually
just a few hours...).

http://penguinppc.org/dev/kernel.shtml

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Tom Rini (TR1265)
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
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