Re: Building 2.4 kernel

[Bob Lindell <lindell ISI EDU>]

> I am trying to build a 2.4 kernel for a DEC Alpha ev56 500MHz, system
> type EB164, System variation: PC164. Has anyone had success with doing
> so and get it to successfully boot? I am an intel person who got their
> hands on an Alpha. So far I can compile but boot does not happen.

I've patched, compiled, and built 2.4.18-0.26a kernel RPMS for the
alpha.  This is based on the 2.4.18-0.26 kernel from the RedHat rawhide
distribution.  A small patch includes back ports of some functions from
the 2.5 kernel to get it to compile.

Seems to running fine on my PC164 IDE and SCSI systems.  There are a few
modules with undefined symbols that I did not attempt to fix.

Your mileage may vary!

See http://www.isi.edu/~lindell/linux/RPMS/ for both source and binary RPMS.

Bob