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If you have already compiled a kernel on x86 architecture
there is just a little difference when you wish to compile
a kernel on SPARC architecture.
you do not type
#make zImage
#make modules
#make modules_install
but
#make vmlinux
#make modules
#make modules_install
More information can be found on
http://www.ultralinux.org/faq.html
Then, from the Ultralinux's FAQ the following steps are :
If you have trouble compiling your kernel, maybe it needs to be
pached. There are many patches floating around on the net. There
exists a website that put some of them online on a regular basis both
for the stable and unstable branches, up to the 2.6.x kernel series.
Those patches apply to the
hardware used by the site's owner and this should be considered as a
very good starting point to be adapted to your hardware.
More information can be found at
http://osinvestor.com/sparc/
You can also email the site's owner, Rob Radez :
<rob@osinvestor.com>
If you are unfamiliar with paches he also made them available as
debian packages.
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