On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 10:43 -0600, kevin diggs wrote: > > Sorry for the noise but I am having trouble getting the latest kernel > built for a PowerMac8600 with a 750GX processor card. If this is not > an appropriate topic for the list please tell me (and hopefully point > me in the correct direction). > > I have narrowed the problem down to the compiler. YDL 4.0 is installed > on the machine. The stock compiler is 3.3.3. That version can NOT > build past 2.6.28. I built 3.4.6, (the latest 3 series I could find). > It can NOT build later kernel versions either. It can build Firefox > 2.0.0.15pre, including powerpc thin lock support. Running it now. > > I then tried 4.3.5. This will build the kernel. But the resulting > kernel will NOT run. A firefox built with 4.3.5 also will not run. Or > if it runs it crashes often (http://abcnews.com). > > What really puzzles me is I used the same basic compiler boot > strapping (3.3.3 to build 3.4.6, 3.4.6 to build 4.3.5) on a GiGE. That > machine is now running 2.6.36. > > The CFLAGS used were: "-O2 -mcpu=7450 -mmultiple -mstring" for the > GiGE (dual 7455s). Substitute 750 for the 8600. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
This is odd... I wonder if your 8600 is having some memory problems ? Have you tried using the kernel/firefox built with 4.3.5 on the GigE and booting them on the 8600 ? 3.x are ancient but I would expect 4.3.x to work just fine Cheers, Ben. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
