On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 05:59:26PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Hello, > On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 05:54:04PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Sat, May 08, 2004 at 06:21:25PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I am new to PPC, so please excuse if these are FAQs, but I searched > > > the archive and could not find the answers. I use a new iBook G4. > > > > > > I got the latest benh-kernel by rsync and build the kernel using > > > make-kpkg. As described in the archive, I had to touch > > > arch/ppc/boot/images/vmlinux.coff and > > > arch/ppc/boot/images/vmlinux.coff-2.4.25-ben1 > > > > Notice that the debian powerpc kernel package use exactly the same > > source tree as what you are using. > > Well, as I don't know much yet of ppc, this might be an error on my > side, but I seem to not be the only one (as I got the fix from the > archives). I did not have that problem on 2.6.6. In both cases, the > kernels seem to work (in 2.6 I have other problems, but as I am new to > 2.6 as well, this is *definitly* on my side). > > I reported this as bug #247850, so if you are in the position to help
Against which package ? > that would be greatly appreciated. If I should do tests, or if my > local configuration is broken, then please point me to the proper > source, and maybe a check could be added. A brief (!) googeling did not > reveal the origin/reason of these *coff*-files, except that it is some > legacy mechanism on ppc. Ah, i believe those .coff files are used on some older pmacs to boot directly from the OpenFirmware, without using yaboot or a similar boot loader. I believe that the problem should have been fixed in the debian powerpc patch, not sure though. Friendly, Sven Luther
