Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 03:19:39 -0800 From: Joshua Uziel <uzi@suse.com> Message-ID: <20001102031939.B22367@gimp.org> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] kernel compile fails on ultrasparc64
* Leif Sawyer <lsawyer@gci.com> [001101 12:29]:
> Yeah, i realize that the sparc port isn't available yet, however
> the Alpha port is passing tests, so I thought perhaps I'd start
> looking into getting it running on the sparc. Just something to play
> around with and hopefully learn a little about sparc assembly.
Very cool. :)
> Oh, so gcc out of the box is only 32 bit, and I've got down find the
> 64-bit version somewhere? Okay. Be nice if this was blatently
> documented, but I won't belabour the point. (i.e., the faq at
> ultralinux.org doesn't mention a specific requirement for a 64-bit
> gcc, only GCC version 2.7.x, or EGCS 1.0.3 and up.
See the ultralinux.org FAQ, section 9, question 2 at:
http://www.ultralinux.org/faq.html#q_9_2
Currently the userspace on sparc and sparc64 are both 32-bit, and the
kernel on sparc64 is 64-bit. All distributions that support sparc64
should be shipped with the "egcs64" (or similar) compiler special for
the purpose of building it's kernel and nothing more. All userspace
applications are built for both with the normal 32-bit compiler.
> Or the fact that when installing, there's no mention of sparc64-gcc in the
> default.
Run an "rpm -q egcs64", and the output should be "egcs64-19980921-17",
which is the package you're looking for.
> Just wiped the mandrake distro in order to install the Suse.
> I have solaris 8 on /dev/sda, and am installing linux to /dev/sdb
>
> During initial configuration, YaST reports that my SunHME will be
> configured, but a dialog box pops up:
>
> Device initialization failed, Error code 255, Module name sunhme
>
> ( It seems that if there are > 5 interfaces when ifconfig is run,
> a kernel oops happens: )
And if you remove the qfe's, what happens? A machine I have with an hme
interface has no such problem, so I'd like to see what might be causing
yours.
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