On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 10:32:12AM +0100, christian funk wrote: > I need to compile a custom kernel foran oldworld pmac. I've looked at > every man page, mailing list and HOWTO I could find, but some things > remain a complete fog! > > 1) Do I need to patch the kernel-sources I get via dselect > (kernel-source-2.4.18-14.1)? I was under the impression that the > kernel-sources I get via dselect already provide for the ppc > architectures. However dselect offeres me a > kernel-patch-2.4.18-powerpc. Is the Patch only for kernels I get from > other sources?
Please don't, use the 2.4.22-powerpc-small kernel as a base. This one can be found in sarge/sid, but should work as well for you. The best way of doing this is to : # apt-get source kernel-patch-2.4.22-powerpc and build that with dpkg-buildpackage. > 2) If I do need to patch my source for ppc, how do I do it, and which > one should I use? It seems I have the option to get a kernel form > kernel.org and a Benh patch, or use the packages supplied via deselect. > The dselect patch leaves no instructions I could find, nor could I find > a HOWTO for the Benh patch. Is one of the two methods "better"? Simply use the above kernels, should be ok for oldworld. They include the linuxppc_2.4 changes, plus a bunch of debian fixes. Also, i would be interested in the reasons for you doing a custom kernel, and why the prebuilt one is not ok for you. > 3) I need to apply a second patch > (bridge-nf-0.0.7-against-2.4.18.diff). This worked fine the first time > it tried, but that was to the unpatched source I got via dselect. Is > there an specific order I need to patch in, e.g. ppc patch first bridge > patch second? Might be problematic. But please use a bit more modern packages. > 4) Anyone know a good HOWTO or other source, where I can read up on > doing all this stuff "the Debian way". I have the strong impression > that the Debian way is much better, but most information I read only > explains how to do it in other distributions. Doing the transition to > Debian is very difficult, if your just getting started... The make-kpkg documentation ? Friendly, Sven Luther
