Re: No love for the PPC

Larry McVoy (lm@bitmover.com)
Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:30:19 -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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