2.6.17-rc5

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2.6.17-rc5

Postby microlaser » 26 May 2006, 20:40

Hi. I downloaded the vanilla source for kernels 2.6.16.18 and 2.16.17-rc5 from kernels.org. I am trying to build the 2.6.17-rc5 kernel because it includes support for the broadcom airport extreme card. I tried compiling 2.6.16.18 and got the following error:

ld: arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.o: No such file: No such file or directory
make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1

I get a similar error when I try to compile 2.6.17-rc5. Do I need to do anything special to compile these kernels on a powerpc processor? Is there a trick to building a kernel on yellow dog that I am missing, or do I need to use different sources?

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Postby StarKnight83 » 27 May 2006, 20:07

that sounds more like a problem w/ the source tarball then your system...cause that path is one of the ones inside the source dir. AFAIK. hmm...i havent had any problems but ill give it a shot on my system to see if their isnt something wrong w/ the paths that YDL uses
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Postby microlaser » 28 May 2006, 23:36

I typed "make oldconfig" before I typed "make" and I got the 2.6.17-rc5 kernel to compile. I made an initrd and edited yaboot. When I try to boot my new kernel it always hangs on "returning from prom init." I found a prebuilt 2.6.17-rc3 and tried it and had the same problem.

Any clues?

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