From: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>
To: Mike Borrelli <mike@nerv-9.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: No love for the PPC
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:30:19 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011012103019.J30657@work.bitmover.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0110121002200.13818-100000@asuka.nerv-9.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0110121002200.13818-100000@asuka.nerv-9.net>; from mike@nerv-9.net on Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 10:08:39AM -0700
Try the BK PPC trees at
http://ppc.bkbits.net
you can clone any one of those with a
bk clone http://ppc.bkbits.net/<TREE_NAME>
you can get BK at http://www.bitmover.com/download
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 10:08:39AM -0700, Mike Borrelli wrote:
> I'm sorry about the tone of this e-mail, but it is somewhat painful when,
> after downloading a new kernel to play with, it doesn't compile on the
> ppc. It isn't even big problems either. A single line (#include
> <linux/pm.h>) is missing from pc_keyb.c and has been for at least three
> -ac releases. Now, process.c in arch/ppc/kernel/ dies from an undeclared
> identifier (init_mmap).
>
> I'm sure the appropriate response would be to fix them myself, but I don't
> know enough about the kernel or the ppc arhitecture. I'm also sure that
> if Theo (or anyone like him) was to read this s/he would tell me to stop
> whining.
>
> Anyway, the real question is, why does the ppc arhitecture /always/ break
> between versions?
>
> I'll stop complaining now.
>
> Regards,
> -Mike
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-12 17:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-12 17:08 No love for the PPC Mike Borrelli
2001-10-12 17:30 ` Larry McVoy [this message]
2001-10-13 0:01 ` Aaron Lehmann
2001-10-13 0:53 ` Mike Fedyk
2001-10-12 17:56 ` Marc Wilson
2001-10-12 20:43 ` John Alvord
2001-10-13 4:52 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-10-13 5:46 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-13 12:24 ` Olaf Hering
2001-10-13 18:47 ` Mike Fedyk
2001-10-13 20:44 ` Tom Rini
2001-10-15 5:57 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2001-10-13 7:46 ` Paul Mackerras
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