On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 3:52 AM, Finn Thain <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 Jun 2014, Jesse Osiecki wrote: > > > > > Finn, if you don't mind, could we work together on making a non-modular > > kernel for 68k mac? I was planning on compiling a kernel myself for the > > experience, but that experience has been limited so far; I'd like to > > help-learn. > > For learning purposes, it might be helpful to start by building a native > kernel on a fast machine (e.g. amd64) using your distro's package manager. > After succeeding at that, you'll have the tools installed, and you'll get > to see what gets installed where. > > At that point, you could manually build another native kernel using > current kernel.org sources. Then you get to learn the manual process, and > enjoy the excitement of booting it -- to fix an unbootable machine by > reverting to a known good kernel is an education ;-) > I'm no expert, but I built a few kernels back in the day. I'll practice some more though, I have no problem with that. > > When you've got that down, you could install the m68k cross-compilers and > build a mac kernel -- this process is a lot like the process of building a > native kernel; but it helps to learn both. > > > If all goes well I'd also like to put a guide out with the attached > > working files that I used for others (specifically 630 users) who need > > to do this as well, as > > When I get some time, I'll update the cross-compiling guide on > mac.linux-m68k.org. It would be great if you could try them (when ready). > Absolutely I will. You have my email, just let me know. > > But I really need to fix the download situation. Once we have current, > tested and working binaries I think I'll move the obsolete sourceforge > downloads to the FTP sites. > That would also be fantastic. Google pagerank doesn't discriminate against old information if people still look at it, as is the case here. > > > I have spent way too long reading through ten year old how-to's and > > wouldn't wish that upon the next guy. > > If you come across obsolete, misleading information on the linux-m68k.org > or debian.org domains, send the URLs to this mailing list and we'll try to > improve things. There are still issues with mac.linux-m68k.org but I'm > gradually updating it. > I will. Thanks again. > > -- >
