>>>>> "ian" == Ian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:


ian> Defaults to building SMP under PPC and there is no config file
ian> for it: install: cannot stat
ian> `/usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/kernel-2.4.12-ppc-smp.config': No such file
ian> or directory

Fixed in -5mdk to be shipped later today.  I really changed the files,
but forgot to update the sources files, and then the config files are
in my rpm/SOURCES dir and not in the SRPM :(

As a bonus, -5mdk has lba48 fixes & a riva fb patch for ppc (thanks go
to stew not me).

ian> And the config names for PPC and Alpha aren't named properly. Should be
ian> along the lines of kernel-2.4.12-ppc-up.config

see above.

ian> Then in the spec theres also two lines of:
ian> %define build_enterprise 1
ian> One of which isn't wrapped in an ifarch, so again, PPC and Alpha will try
ian> and build an enterprise kernel which won't work...

Surprise, ppc has now an enterprise kernel. (Yes, it was also an
surprise for me).

ian> And theres lots of options in the config for PPC which aren't
ian> defined that it questions about during building.. (about 30 or
ian> so)

Now, the file is really updated.

ian> Then the ide still doesn't build because of problems with the lba48
ian> patches that I mentioned in an email to the list a few days ago... There's
ian> a missing "/" in include/asm-ppc/ide.h when patched, and
ian> arch/ppc/kernel/setup.c needs to be patched..

Fixed.

ian> These packages not building under PPC is getting very discouraging and
ian> seems to indicate that PPC isn't something that the Mandrake developers
ian> really care about. Can you please run a build against PPC before releasing
ian> packages? I'm even willing to play guinea pig..

Thinking about getting an PPC machine here locally to be able to test
that stuff locally.

ian> I know that Stew was hoping to get the lba48 stuff patched before this
ian> kernel was released, but... didn't happen.. Should there be releases of
ian> packages that should be working on the PPC but don't compile properly?
ian> Perhaps hold off on releasing a package until it compiles on both
ian> platforms? You wouldn't release a SRPM that doesn't compile on x86 (other
ian> than something platform specific like MOL).

He sent me the patches, but I had alredy started the compilation
game.  Patches are in -5mdk, sorry for the inconveniences.

Later, Juan.


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