Hi!

Combining more mails together...

> > I guess my question now is 'Where is the debian binary kernel image
> > package .config taken from or how is it generated?'.
> 
> The config.atari only contains the part of the config that is 
> specific for
> atari. In addition to that there is an m68k specific config (in
> arch/m68k/config) and a debian generic config (in 
> arch/config). Those files
> are merged through some magic to the config file that is then used for
> building and which finally gets included in the binary 
> package. If you build
> images from the debian source package, all of that happens 
> automagically.

Well that is a bit problem for me as my build system is based on Gentoo.
I guess I will need to get into witchcraft to figure out the automagic
there ;)

> The debian packages are built with a gcc-3.3.6 
> cross-compiler, which can be built from debian sources, instructions
> are in the source package. The latest source package has a problem,
> I will submit the workaround I received from another user to the BTS.
> Perhaps there is a problem with gcc-3.4?

Nope, I have just built a kernel with the same cross-compiler that
is able to boot.

> Today a new linux-2.6 source package (-19) was released, 
> which includes several fixes for atari and mac, maybe that will help you?

I guess I should move towards the 2.6.18-9 anyway as that is probably
what you mean. I am a bit confused on which page (or where is it) to watch
to be aware of news like this.

Best Regards

Standa



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