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Revision Changes Path 1.32 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-ppc-kernel.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-ppc-kernel.xml?rev=1.32&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-ppc-kernel.xml?rev=1.32&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-ppc-kernel.xml?r1=1.31&r2=1.32 Index: hb-install-ppc-kernel.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-ppc-kernel.xml,v retrieving revision 1.31 retrieving revision 1.32 diff -u -r1.31 -r1.32 --- hb-install-ppc-kernel.xml 19 Mar 2007 09:24:46 -0000 1.31 +++ hb-install-ppc-kernel.xml 2 Apr 2007 00:47:47 -0000 1.32 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-ppc-kernel.xml,v 1.31 2007/03/19 09:24:46 nightmorph Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-ppc-kernel.xml,v 1.32 2007/04/02 00:47:47 nightmorph Exp $ --> <sections> @@ -56,10 +56,9 @@ <p> If you take a look in <path>/usr/src</path> you should see a symlink named -<path>linux</path> pointing to your newly emerged kernel source. In this case, -the installed kernel source points to <c>gentoo-sources-<keyval -id="kernel-version"/></c>. Your installed version may be different, so keep this -in mind. +<path>linux</path> pointing to your current kernel source. In this case, the +installed kernel source points to <c>gentoo-sources-<keyval +id="kernel-version"/></c>. Your version may be different, so keep this in mind. </p> <pre caption="Viewing the kernel source symlink"> @@ -301,11 +300,11 @@ </p> <p> -Yaboot and BootX expect to use an uncompressed kernel unlike many other +Yaboot and BootX expect to use an uncompressed kernel unlike many other bootloaders. The uncompressed kernel is called vmlinux and it is placed in -<path>/usr/src/linux</path> after the kernel has finished compiling. If you -are using a Pegasos machine, the Pegasos firmware requires a compressed -kernel called zImage which can be found in +<path>/usr/src/linux</path> after the kernel has finished compiling. If you are +using a Pegasos machine, the Pegasos firmware requires a compressed kernel +called zImage which can be found in <path>/usr/src/linux/arch/powerpc/boot/images</path>. </p> @@ -374,14 +373,15 @@ <body> <p> -Now that your kernel source tree is installed, it's now time to compile your -kernel by using the <c>genkernel</c> script to automatically build a kernel for -you. <c>genkernel</c> works by configuring a kernel nearly identically to the -way our Installation CD kernel is configured. This means that when you use -<c>genkernel</c> to build your kernel, your system will generally detect all -your hardware at boot-time, just like the Installation CD does. Since -genkernel doesn't require any manual kernel configuration, it is an ideal -solution for those users who may not be comfortable compiling their own kernels. +Now that your kernel source tree is installed, it's now time to compile your +kernel by using our <c>genkernel</c> script to automatically build a kernel for +you. <c>genkernel</c> works by configuring a kernel nearly identically to the +way our Installation CD kernel is configured. This means that when you use +<c>genkernel</c> to build your kernel, your system will generally detect all +your hardware at boot-time, just like our Installation CD does. Because +genkernel doesn't require any manual kernel configuration, it is an ideal +solution for those users who may not be comfortable compiling their own +kernels. </p> <p> @@ -423,9 +423,11 @@ </pre> <p> -Now, compile your kernel sources by running <c>genkernel all</c>. Be aware, -since <c>genkernel</c> compiles a kernel that supports almost all hardware, -this compilation can take quite a while to finish! +Now, compile your kernel sources by running <c>genkernel --genzimage all</c>. +For Pegasos, we will need to use a different config and create a zImage instead +of the vmlinux kernel used on Apple machines. Be aware, as <c>genkernel</c> +compiles a kernel that supports almost all hardware, this compilation can take +quite a while to finish! </p> <p> -- [email protected] mailing list
