On Fri, 2025-09-05 at 15:32 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hi Cedar, > > On Wed, 2025-09-03 at 22:03 -0500, Cedar Maxwell wrote: > > How did you test out all these kernels? I was trying to do so by > > downloading various kernels at > > https://snapshot.debian.org/binary/linux-image-powerpc/ and > > installing > > them with dpkg, but since they didn't generate config files in > > /boot > > I'm unable to create vmlinux or initrd.img files for BootX. > > You're looking at the wrong binary package. The package "linux-image- > $ARCH" > is just a meta package which depends on the actual kernel package > which > follows the filename format "linux-image-$ABI_VERSION-$ARCH". > > Thus, search for the "linux" source package [1], select the version > you want > to test and then download the corresponding "linux-image- > $ABI_VERSION-powerpc" > package. > > Please note that the ABI version is NOT the same thing as the > upstream kernel > version. The ABI version used to codify the ABI version of the kernel > which > can be the same for multiple kernel versions.
Thanks for the clarification. I did not realize they were different, which was leading to some confusion on my part. > > Also, please note that not every kernel version has been built for > powerpc. So, > if you want to avoid clicking through snapshot versions only to > release there > is no build for powerpc, look at the list of successful builds of the > linux > source package on powerpc [2]. > > Adrian > > > [1] https://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux/ > > [2] > > https://buildd.debian.org/status/logs.php?pkg=linux&arch=powerpc
