On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 21:50, Marco Gerards wrote: > Peter Wainwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi, > > I'd like to help with the Hurd, but I can't get to first > > base... > > I tried a binary distribution (J2) but it wouldn't boot > > - looks like interrupt conflicts with my ethernet card > > since "eepro100..." was the last thing I saw before the > > screen went blank. > > Do you have an eepro100? This sounds like a GNUMach problem. > > > So I am trying to cross compile from my existing system > > (which is Pink Tie 9, not Debian, but I do have dpkg). > > I tried to follow the instructions in hurd/INSTALL-cross, > > but no luck. > > I consider crosscompiling a waste of time. Please don't do that.
This advice I have seen before. I wish I could have avoided it, but the whole problem is that I can't get the CD binary distribution to work, therefore I can't run the Hurd, therefore I can't do native compilation... I can't pull myself up "by my bootstraps". I was trying to compile a mach kernel without the conflicting devices so that I could boot. If it is true that Hurd (or GNU mach) cannot handle interrupt sharing, is it possible to disable the checks for certain devices interactively at boot time? Otherwise I need some kind of kernel which does not have conflicting devices. [One of the other replies gives a pointer to something which might be what I'm looking for... I will check it out later.] Peter > [...] > > > I am working on the current HEAD cvs hurd, gnumach > > and mig. > > Good :). I prefer GNUMach 1.3, it is more stable and works for more > people AFAIK (And it is easier to compile). I think you might be able > to boot when compiling GNUMach yourself. You don't need a > crosscompiler to compile GNUMach, you can do that from GNU/Linux. > > Please give up the crosscompiling. Mach is the problem here, if you > want to compile the Hurd yourself do that natively. > > -- > Marco -- Peter Wainwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd
