On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 10:46:04PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > Hello, > > I 'm trying to compile a 2.2.17 kernel but I keep getting errors. I > > downloaded the 2.2.17 source from kernel.org, unpacked it, then did > > Don't do that, then. I'd only use the kernel.org source as base for > rsync'ing the PPC source.
why? 2.2.17 has all the major powerpc merges in place, you only need to really use an rsync tree if you need the USB backport, or have really new hardware. on my Blue G3: [EMAIL PROTECTED] eb]$ uname -a Linux socrates 2.2.17 #1 Mon Sep 4 20:35:42 AKDT 2000 ppc unknown [EMAIL PROTECTED] eb]$ uptime 5:32pm up 3 days, 20:32, 7 users, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] eb]$ this is with a clean unpatched kernel sources from kernel.org. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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