Hi Ralf, Thanks for the prompt response. > Reminds me of the HP Laserjet code in the kernel. Anybody still using > or testing that? Yes, the code I am working with is basically a snapshot of the kernel source with /arch/mips/hp-lj etc. > Anyway, for a 64-bit processor such as the 20Kc I suggest a 64-bit > kernel. Highmem is a pain and 64-bit is the cure. To that end I have been trying to build a 64 bit kernel. I think I am going about it correctly. Got ahold of mips64el-linux-binutils-2.14-3.i386.rpm mips64el-linux-boot-gcc-2.95.4-9.i386.rpm and got cranking. Currently make is dying with the following output: [root@l51dhcp252 ljlinux]# make ARCH=mips64 CROSS_COMPILE=mips64el-linux- . scripts/mkversion > .tmpversion mips64el-linux-gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/home/astone/cf_burn_64/ljlinux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -I/usr/lib/gcc-lib/mips64el-linux/2.95.4/include -fomit-frame-pointer -Dx_unity_x -I /home/astone/cf_burn_64/ljlinux/include/asm/gcc -mabi=64 -G 0 -mno-abicalls -fno-pic -Wa,--trap -pipe -DUTS_MACHINE='"mips64"' -DKBUILD_BASENAME=version -c -o init/version.o init/version.c mips64el-linux-gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/home/astone/cf_burn_64/ljlinux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -I/usr/lib/gcc-lib/mips64el-linux/2.95.4/include -fomit-frame-pointer -Dx_unity_x -I /home/astone/cf_burn_64/ljlinux/include/asm/gcc -mabi=64 -G 0 -mno-abicalls -fno-pic -Wa,--trap -pipe -DKBUILD_BASENAME=do_mounts -c -o init/do_mounts.o init/do_mounts.c cpp0: output pipe has been closed mips64el-linux-gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11 make: *** [init/do_mounts.o] Error 1 Initial searches claim this is a bug in the compiler. Could it be due to something I am doing wrong? Any guidance on building a 64 bit kernel would be greatly appreciated. Best Regards, Andrew Stone
