On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 1:36 PM Elimar Riesebieter <[email protected]> wrote: > > * Elimar Riesebieter <[email protected]> [2019-03-09 09:56 +0100]: > > > Hi all, > > > > I tried to compile linux 5.0 on my G4 powerbook 7447A altivec supported: > > > > arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c: In function ‘vr_get’: > > arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c:567:5: note: ‘vrsave’ declared here > > } vrsave; > > ^~~~~~ > > cc1: error: AltiVec not supported in this target > > make[5]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:277: arch/powerpc/lib/xor_vmx.o] > > Error 1 > > make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:492: arch/powerpc/lib] Error 2 > > make[3]: *** [Makefile:1046: arch/powerpc] Error > > > > Doesn't 5.0 support altivec anymore? > > Have had to set "CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU=y" instead of > "CONFIG_E300C2_CPU=y". Sorry for the noise.
Just in case you are actually using 5.x, pay attention you can now use: CONFIG_G4_CPU=y See: bbb7f84b0bbb powerpc: Allow CPU selection of G4/74xx variant
