[parisc-linux] Where to get recent parisc kernels w/o building?

[parisc-linux] Where to get recent parisc kernels w/o building?

[Neulinger, Nathan]

Is there any convenient place to grab a 2.4.9 (or more recent) vmlinux for
parisc-linux other than getting it myself out of cvs? (Don't have a
functional build environment at the moment.)

Also, what about a working gcc? I've apt-get upgrade'd everything, and gcc
complains about lots of header file goofiness when compiling even a simple
hello world program.

Also, does the kernel build have to be done cross-compile, or can it be
built on the parisc-linux machine itself?

-- Nathan

Re: [parisc-linux] Where to get recent parisc kernels w/o building?

[Albert Strasheim]

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Hello,

On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Neulinger, Nathan wrote:

> Is there any convenient place to grab a 2.4.9 (or more recent) vmlinux for
> parisc-linux other than getting it myself out of cvs? (Don't have a
> functional build environment at the moment.)

I suggest grabbing palo-latest, linux-latest and xc-latest from
ftp://puffin.external.hp.com (I can't get to it at the moment, but maybe
you can). Unless you are very lucky, you're going to at least need to
change the boot parameters, for which you need palo anyway. So grab 'em
and set up a build environment if you're REALLY serious about your HP.
:-)
 
> Also, what about a working gcc? I've apt-get upgrade'd everything, and gcc
> complains about lots of header file goofiness when compiling even a simple
> hello world program.

As far as I know, we're still missing a kernel-headers package for hppa.
I could be wrong. Perhaps you should find the right person and complain
about this. :-) I think a suggested solution was to force-install the
sparc headers or something...
 
> Also, does the kernel build have to be done cross-compile, or can it be
> built on the parisc-linux machine itself?

You can build it either way. I don't have a 2nd HP machine, so I have to
cross-compile. It's actually pretty nice considering that I have access
to a SMP p3-600 box. :-)

Regards,

Albert

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Re: [parisc-linux] Where to get recent parisc kernels w/o building?

[Matt Taggart]

"Neulinger, Nathan" writes...

> Is there any convenient place to grab a 2.4.9 (or more recent) vmlinux for
> parisc-linux other than getting it myself out of cvs? (Don't have a
> functional build environment at the moment.)

The ones in
ftp://puffin.external.hp.com/pub/parisc/binaries/kernels
are rather out of date. I'll try an build some next week if someone doesn't 
beat me to it.

> Also, what about a working gcc? I've apt-get upgrade'd everything, and gcc
> complains about lots of header file goofiness when compiling even a simple
> hello world program.

apt-get install libc6-dev

> Also, does the kernel build have to be done cross-compile, or can it be
> built on the parisc-linux machine itself?

The preferred way of building kernels is natively. However, if the only native 
box you have access is slow, then you'll probably still want to cross compile.

-- 
Matt Taggart        Linux Development Lab
taggart@fc.hp.com   HP Linux Systems Operation

Re: [parisc-linux] Where to get recent parisc kernels w/o building?

[Albert Strasheim]

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I just spotted a note on my parisc-linux.org archive mentioning:

ftp://puffin.external.hp.com/pub/parisc/binaries/kernels/
or
http://puffin.external.hp.com/pub/parisc/binaries/kernels/

Enjoy!

On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Albert Strasheim wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Neulinger, Nathan wrote:
> 
> > Is there any convenient place to grab a 2.4.9 (or more recent) vmlinux for
> > parisc-linux other than getting it myself out of cvs? (Don't have a
> > functional build environment at the moment.)
> 
> I suggest grabbing palo-latest, linux-latest and xc-latest from
> ftp://puffin.external.hp.com (I can't get to it at the moment, but maybe
> you can). Unless you are very lucky, you're going to at least need to
> change the boot parameters, for which you need palo anyway. So grab 'em
> and set up a build environment if you're REALLY serious about your HP.
> :-)
>  
> > Also, what about a working gcc? I've apt-get upgrade'd everything, and gcc
> > complains about lots of header file goofiness when compiling even a simple
> > hello world program.
> 
> As far as I know, we're still missing a kernel-headers package for hppa.
> I could be wrong. Perhaps you should find the right person and complain
> about this. :-) I think a suggested solution was to force-install the
> sparc headers or something...
>  
> > Also, does the kernel build have to be done cross-compile, or can it be
> > built on the parisc-linux machine itself?
> 
> You can build it either way. I don't have a 2nd HP machine, so I have to
> cross-compile. It's actually pretty nice considering that I have access
> to a SMP p3-600 box. :-)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Albert



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Re: [parisc-linux] Where to get recent parisc kernels w/o building?

[Richard Hirst]

On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 03:37:57PM -0500, Neulinger, Nathan wrote:
> Is there any convenient place to grab a 2.4.9 (or more recent) vmlinux for
> parisc-linux other than getting it myself out of cvs? (Don't have a
> functional build environment at the moment.)

Don't know how up to date you want, but

ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-hppa/current/32/linux

is 2.4.9 from 2001-09-25

Richard