Gentoo Archives: gentoo-sparc

From: "Longman
To: "'gentoo-sparc@l.g.o'" <gentoo-sparc@l.g.o>
Subject: RE: [gentoo-sparc] Re: 2.6 kernel
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:53:06
Message-Id: 4BB1E365BF26D311914A00805FA6A1C11FCD20BD@admsrvnt02.enet.sharplabs.com
1 > nevermind, after futher searching it seems that all the 2.6
2 > kernels are masked. what a drag....
3 >
4 >
5 > On 2/24/06, Nick Smith <nick.smith79@×××××.com> wrote:
6 > > got no response on my other thread, so how about a simple question.
7 > > what would i have to do to upgrade to 2.6 from 2.4? is it a
8 > matter of
9 > > just downloading the vanilla-sources for sparc and going
10 > through the
11 > > config/compile process? would i have to do something
12 > special to get it
13 > > to work?
14
15 That doesn't mean you can't play with it, though. Just pull it down and
16 compile it. It's rather frustrating, but it's good practice, no? Who doesn't
17 like compiling kernels on a 166MHz SPARC?
18
19 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~sparc" emerge -f --oneshot gentoo-sources
20
21 should get you the latest 2.6.15-r5. Tweak command line as needed for other
22 versions.
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-sparc] Re: 2.6 kernel Mike Owen <kyphros@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-sparc] Re: 2.6 kernel Gustavo Zacarias <gustavoz@g.o>