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> This is my first PPC machine. I have used Gentoo for years as a |
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> user type so I've probably built 30 x86 boxes but never a PPC so I |
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> wasn't sure how to configure the kernel by hand so I swiped the |
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> /proc/config.gz fine from the CD boot environment and pushed it down |
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> into the chroot to use to configure my first PPC kernel. Does that |
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> sound reasonable for a Mac Mini? I ran make oldconfig and just hit |
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> enter until it finished. I figured if that kernel config could boot |
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> the machine from the CD it should be OK for a first kernel from the |
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> hard drive. Would you agree |
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the gentoo handbook tells you how to configure the kernel. |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc.xml?part=1&chap=7 |
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Code Listing 3.1: Invoking menuconfig |
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# cd /usr/src/linux |
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# make pmac32_defconfig |
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# make menuconfig |
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the default enables most if not all the ppc options you might need. |
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after you get it working you will probably want to start removing some. |
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matt |
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