binutils is another GNU project (and well known and easy to obtain), so linking to ftp.kernel.org feels a little surprising.
I simplified this and generally streamlined this note - which luckily is a lot less necessary now then when it was added many moons ago. In fact, do you think we can even remove this altogether? binutils 2.15 was released in May 2004, more than 12 years ago. ;-) Gerald PS: Applied for now... 2017-03-12 Gerald Pfeifer <ger...@pfeifer.com> * doc/install.texi (Specific) <powerpc-*-*>: Remove link to ftp.kernel.org and simplify binutils requirement. Index: doc/install.texi =================================================================== --- doc/install.texi (revision 246071) +++ doc/install.texi (working copy) @@ -4207,9 +4207,7 @@ You can specify a default version for the @option{-mcpu=@var{cpu_type}} switch by using the configure option @option{--with-cpu-@var{cpu_type}}. -You will need -@uref{ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils,,binutils 2.15} -or newer for a working GCC@. +You will need GNU binutils 2.15 or newer. @html <hr />