On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 06:35:32 -0500 Eric Tichansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | To my understanding GCC 3.3.2 (20031022) *should* support sparc64 | kernel builds. I've browsed dozens of mail threads (mainly Debian) | for more information, but have not been able to extract relevant | information based on my specific problem (outlined below).
It can be done. I have a u10 running a 2.6 kernel. However... The gcc you get with sparc64 isn't 64bit capable. There are a few unofficial ebuilds available for a 64bit gcc3.2 (3.3 seems to be less stable on sparc64) which are available from the forums or on irc (#gentoo-sparc on freenode). One of these will make it into portage at some point, but there are a whole heap of issues that need to be sorted out first. You'll also have a hard time getting a working kernel config. The best place to start for that is http://emu.gentoo.org/~bazik , where you can grab a config for a SCSI-based u5. After that you'll need to do a few PATH hacks to get it to work. Make sure that for the kernel your /usr/sparc64/bin or /opt/sparc64/bin (depending upon which ebuilds you use) comes first. Oh, and did I mention that USB keyboards don't seem to work and that you'll have to do some patching to XFree as well? -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail: ciaranm at firedrop.org.uk Web: www.firedrop.org.uk System: Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10p1 Linux 2.4.20-gentoo-r7 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
