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On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 1:15 PM, matt hull <mattmatteh@×××.com> wrote: |
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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. after |
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> you get it working you will probably want to start removing some. |
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> matt |
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Thanks Matt. I have the system built and running at this point. I had |
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some trouble with yaboot, and still am to some extent, but the machine |
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is booting and I can ssh in so I'm in pretty good shape at this point. |
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My question at this time is how to append kernel boot options in |
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/etc/yaboot.conf. When I boot the apple kernel from the Gentoo CD then |
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when it switches to (I guess) the framebuffer where I see Tux the text |
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on my monitor is jerky and not too readable. However if I use the |
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suggested version |
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apple video=ofonly |
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then the text is fine. Scanning around on the web I found this example |
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of how to do the same thing in yaboot.conf: |
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image=/boot/kernel-2.4.26-gentoo-r3 |
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label=2.4.26-gentoo-r3 |
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root=/dev/hda4 |
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append="video=ofonly" |
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read-only |
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I have added this to my /etc/yaboot.conf file but the video is still |
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jumping around and isn't too readable. |
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None the less the machine is completely up and running and doing an |
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emerge -DuN system so this machine, which has sat on the shelf |
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untouched for over a year, is not usable hardware thanks to Gentoo. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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