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I tried some things and read a lot and I have a big problem finding
the correct sources for the PPC Linux Kernel.

I don't need the very latest kernel, but I need a stable 2.4.  Where
should I get the source?  There is some trees available trough rsync,
however most of these seem to be developpement trees.

From kernel.org I can have the latest stable source and there are also
some patches available for PPC.  Which combination of full source and
patches I need?  What full source do I start from (the latest is
2.4.20) and do I have to apply all the PPC patches (they go up to
2.4.18).

I've already compiled a Kernel for i386 but never achieved to compile
it for PowerPC, also I never patched a kernel, however this doesn't
seem to be complicated, simply must know which patches to apply.

Also, where could I find doc specificly for the PowerPC architecture,
I'va had a hard time finding some.

Thanks

Olivier

sy_nttvr@gurcragntba.pbz (I R A Darth Aggie) wrote in message news:<slrnav9qk0.pa1.sy_nttvr@gurcragntba.pbz>...
> On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 16:24:02 GMT,
> Rod Smith <rodsmith@nessus.rodsbooks.com>, in
> <une2ta-2l7.ln@speaker.rodsbooks.com> wrote:
> +> In article <b3ae677.0212081841.22206da7@posting.google.com>,
> +> 	ogaumond@yahoo.com (Olivier Gaumond) writes:
> +> > I would like to have some precisions to manually install a new kernel
> +> > on a PowerPC currently running Debian 3.0 with kernel 2.2.20
> +> > 
> +> > Here are the step I took, but without success.
> +> ...
> +> > When I try to boot with the new image it begins to load, then the
> +> > screen goes black.  I can still boot with the old image.
> +> 
> +> I suspect you omitted an important kernel driver.
> 
> In Debian, I think it is important to use the current kernel's
> configuration as a jumping off point. They are now including the
> config file in /boot/. Simply copy that file to /usr/src/linux/.config
> and then "make oldconfig".
> 
> Be aware that I'm going from memory, so consult the relevant README's
> and HOWTOs.
> 
> James