Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Gentoo on NuBus

[Pieter Van den Abeele]

did you build the  gcloop.o module with:

make KERNEL_DIR=pathtomycustomppckernelsource

gcloop and cloop are two different things. Gcloop 0.66.3 and 0.66.2 are 
incompatible. livecd.gcloop on the rc6  and rc5 cds were build using 
gcloop 0.66.3. gcloop needs to be compiled against the kernel version 
you are going to insmod the module in. (otherwise it builds against 
/usr/src/linux )

You need to build the gcloop 0.66.3 against your kernel source (dunno 
if cross compilation is going to work - imho that's what complicating 
things). I've used 2.4.20-benh-r10 on the latest livecd. 
(ppc-sources-2.4.20-r4). The linuxrc in the initrd insmods 
/lib/modules/misc/gcloop.o - place your custom gcloop.o module there.

On Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at 06:56 PM, Andrew Gaffney wrote:

> I am banging my head against the wall in frustration on this one. I
> built a NuBus kernel that actually booted (Yea!) but the gcloop.o
> module on the LiveCD will not load. It craps out with a bunch of
> dependency errors. Ok, so I tried building the gcloop.o module on my
> x86 gentoo box to extract the files. Can't compile 0.66.2 or 0.66.3
> against kernel 2.4.20 or 2.5.67. Okay, fine. So I try just cloop.o. I
> can build that against my 2.4.20 kernel sources. So I do. I reboot
> with my 2.4.20 kernel and load the module with the PPC LiveCD
> live.gcloop file as an argument. When I try to mount /dev/cloop/0 I
> get all kinds of errors. Yes, I specified '-t ext2'. I was going to
> extract the files and put them in a regular ISO and modify the LiveCD
> slightly to be used with my custom kernel. Well, it looks like that's
> out now too. What do I do?!
>
> Pieter Van den Abeele wrote:
>> source is on http://cvs.gentoo.org/~lu_zero
>> the source used to build the ppc livecd:
>> http://cvs.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gentoo-src/pvdabeel/
>> ppclivecd/files/cloop/
>> On Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at 04:49 PM, Andrew Gaffney wrote:
>>> Where can I get the source for the gcloop.o module? I got a working
>>> kernel but it can't load the pre-built module from the livecd
>>>
>>> Pieter Van den Abeele wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Andrew Gaffney wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>   I just joined this list, so I don't know if this subject has been
>>>>> covered before. I have a PowerMac 6100/60. Unfortunately, its
>>>>> pre-PCI,
>>>>> so its *cringe* NuBus. Well, I'm currently running YellowDog Linux
>>>>>  2.1
>>>>> on it using a custom kernel patched with support for NuBus that i
>>>>> cross
>>>>> compiled from one of my x86 boxes. Can this same thing be done
>>>>> with  Gentoo?
>>>>>   I was skimming the PPC Install doc and it said something about
>>>>> auto-probing PCI hardware, which if I'm not mistaken, would cause
>>>>> the
>>>>> box to lock up. So, even if I compiled a custom kernel, would I get
>>>>> caught here trying to install?
>>>>
>>>> With the old 1.2 cd probably not. The newest ppc livecd is probably
>>>>  what
>>>> you're looking for. Just replace the kernel, boot using bootX and
>>>> the
>>>> thing should work.(if you can get the gcloop.o module to compile
>>>> and  run
>>>> for your config) I can build a custom nubus livecd if you send me
>>>> the
>>>> kernel source and the config you're using. I might be able to build
>>>> a
>>>> really small one especially for nubus if you want.
>>>> gcloop hasn't been tested on oldworld yet I think, but it should
>>>> work.
>>>> without gcloop the livecd wouldn't be that small (more like 200-300
>>>>  meg
>>>> instead of 60M
>>>>
>>>>>   If I can get past this, are there any other pitfalls that anyone
>>>>>  else
>>>>> who has done this before would care to tell me about? Also, does
>>>>> anyone
>>>>> have a URL to a doc on how to set up a cross-compiler in Gentoo?
>>>>
>>>> join #gentoo-embedded ask zwelch
>>>>
>>>>>   I've installed Gentoo many times on x86 boxes and love it. It has
>>>>> quickly become my favorite distribution. I want all of my
>>>>> computers  to
>>>>> be running Gentoo :)
>>>>
>>>> :-)
>>>>
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