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I did build it that way. I could not get either version of gcloop to |
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compile correctly. I have to cross-compile because i don't have another |
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mac to compile it on. |
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Pieter Van den Abeele wrote: |
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> did you build the gcloop.o module with: |
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> make KERNEL_DIR=pathtomycustomppckernelsource |
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> gcloop and cloop are two different things. Gcloop 0.66.3 and 0.66.2 are |
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> incompatible. livecd.gcloop on the rc6 and rc5 cds were build using |
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> gcloop 0.66.3. gcloop needs to be compiled against the kernel version |
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> you are going to insmod the module in. (otherwise it builds against |
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> /usr/src/linux ) |
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> You need to build the gcloop 0.66.3 against your kernel source (dunno if |
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> cross compilation is going to work - imho that's what complicating |
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> things). I've used 2.4.20-benh-r10 on the latest livecd. |
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> (ppc-sources-2.4.20-r4). The linuxrc in the initrd insmods |
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> /lib/modules/misc/gcloop.o - place your custom gcloop.o module there. |
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> On Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at 06:56 PM, Andrew Gaffney wrote: |
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>> I am banging my head against the wall in frustration on this one. I |
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>> built a NuBus kernel that actually booted (Yea!) but the gcloop.o |
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>> module on the LiveCD will not load. It craps out with a bunch of |
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>> dependency errors. Ok, so I tried building the gcloop.o module on my |
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>> x86 gentoo box to extract the files. Can't compile 0.66.2 or 0.66.3 |
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>> against kernel 2.4.20 or 2.5.67. Okay, fine. So I try just cloop.o. I |
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>> can build that against my 2.4.20 kernel sources. So I do. I reboot |
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>> with my 2.4.20 kernel and load the module with the PPC LiveCD |
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>> live.gcloop file as an argument. When I try to mount /dev/cloop/0 I |
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>> get all kinds of errors. Yes, I specified '-t ext2'. I was going to |
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>> extract the files and put them in a regular ISO and modify the LiveCD |
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>> slightly to be used with my custom kernel. Well, it looks like that's |
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>> out now too. What do I do?! |
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>> |
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>> Pieter Van den Abeele wrote: |
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>>> source is on http://cvs.gentoo.org/~lu_zero |
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>>> the source used to build the ppc livecd: |
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>>> http://cvs.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gentoo-src/pvdabeel/ |
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>>> ppclivecd/files/cloop/ |
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>>> On Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at 04:49 PM, Andrew Gaffney wrote: |
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>>> |
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>>>> Where can I get the source for the gcloop.o module? I got a working |
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>>>> kernel but it can't load the pre-built module from the livecd |
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>>>> |
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>>>> Pieter Van den Abeele wrote: |
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>>>> |
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>>>>> On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Andrew Gaffney wrote: |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>>> I just joined this list, so I don't know if this subject has been |
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>>>>>> covered before. I have a PowerMac 6100/60. Unfortunately, its |
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>>>>>> pre-PCI, |
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>>>>>> so its *cringe* NuBus. Well, I'm currently running YellowDog Linux |
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>>>>>> 2.1 |
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>>>>>> on it using a custom kernel patched with support for NuBus that i |
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>>>>>> cross |
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>>>>>> compiled from one of my x86 boxes. Can this same thing be done |
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>>>>>> with Gentoo? |
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>>>>>> I was skimming the PPC Install doc and it said something about |
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>>>>>> auto-probing PCI hardware, which if I'm not mistaken, would cause the |
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>>>>>> box to lock up. So, even if I compiled a custom kernel, would I get |
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>>>>>> caught here trying to install? |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> With the old 1.2 cd probably not. The newest ppc livecd is probably |
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>>>>> what |
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>>>>> you're looking for. Just replace the kernel, boot using bootX and the |
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>>>>> thing should work.(if you can get the gcloop.o module to compile |
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>>>>> and run |
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>>>>> for your config) I can build a custom nubus livecd if you send me the |
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>>>>> kernel source and the config you're using. I might be able to build a |
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>>>>> really small one especially for nubus if you want. |
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>>>>> gcloop hasn't been tested on oldworld yet I think, but it should work. |
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>>>>> without gcloop the livecd wouldn't be that small (more like 200-300 |
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>>>>> meg |
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>>>>> instead of 60M |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>>> If I can get past this, are there any other pitfalls that anyone |
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>>>>>> else |
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>>>>>> who has done this before would care to tell me about? Also, does |
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>>>>>> anyone |
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>>>>>> have a URL to a doc on how to set up a cross-compiler in Gentoo? |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> join #gentoo-embedded ask zwelch |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>>> I've installed Gentoo many times on x86 boxes and love it. It has |
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>>>>>> quickly become my favorite distribution. I want all of my |
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>>>>>> computers to |
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>>>>>> be running Gentoo :) |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> :-) |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>>> Andrew Gaffney |
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