On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 10:40:52PM -0400, Russell Hires wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello all... > > It's been a while since I've written, so I hope that this is a relevant > question. > > I just got off irc w/ the debian folk, and didn't really get anywhere. First, > I'm running woody, w/ a 2.2.22 kernel. I want to attempt to compile the > 2.5.75 kernel, and I get an error: > > poet:/home/movies/linux-2.5.75# make > make[1]: `arch/ppc/kernel/asm-offsets.s' is up to date. > *** 2.5 kernels no longer buildcorrectly with old versions of binutils. > *** Please upgrade your binutils to 2.12.1 or newer > make: *** [checkbin] Error 1 > > but, I've got binutils 2.12.90.0.1-4, which is newer than 2.12.1, right? If > this is the case, then the error message must be bogus, and something else is > wrong. > > That's one thing. Then, the Documentation/Changes says I need a "recent > version" of binutils, but not what version. Is this a bug, and does it need > reporting? I do understand that I need Module-Init-Tools, but that there is > no package for woody. > > So...should I just give up and not bother with this (or any 2.5/6 kernels) > WRT > woody?
The 2.4.21 benh kernel would be a much better bet. That's cutting edge for powerpc. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net
