On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:04:22PM +0200, Hubert Figuiere wrote: > On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 13:55, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 01:53:13PM +0200, Hubert Figuiere wrote: > > > On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 13:35, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm replying to my self. > > > > > > > > > > I'm crosscompiling, and the makefile can't guess the subarch. Anyway, > > > > > the subarch I want is not supported, I had to patch > > > > > /usr/share/kernel-package/rules > > > > > > > > Add the --subarch option to make-kpkg. Works fine for me who build > > > > kernel for pmac, while on a chrp machine. > > > > > > Yeah, but prpmc subarch ain't available :-) Hence the patch. > > > > Mmm, what is this one, what kernel do you use, and how do you boot into > > it ? > > PrPMC 750 PCI Mezzanine card (Motorola) > <http://mcg.motorola.com/cfm/templates/datasheet.cfm?PageID=1147&ProductID=68&PageTypeID=3>. > I use devel tree out of BK tree on bkbits.net. It is a MontaVista port, but > now in the main PPC tree. > It boots using Motorola PPCBug, using "zImage.pplus" kernel dd'ed onto > the first partition of the CompactFlash card.
The sarge debian-installer should not support it, but if you would help us with it, this may eventually change. All that is needed is a proper kernel-image package and assorted udebs, and a boot-loader installer, as well as support for subarch detection in archdetect. If you are interested, tell us about it. > > Sending the patch to Manoj, the kernel-package maintainer would also be > > a good idea. > > I will see. Possibly. That'll help me not patching every system we might > want to build on. Yep. Friendly, Sven Luther
