How to compile your Kernel Gentoo 2.6.16 for Cobalt Raq550

[toysoft]

Compile a kernel 2.6.16 for your Cobalt Raq.

Get a .config file on /usr/src/linux/ directory

Download the patches :

wget ftp://www.404ster.com/pub/gentoo-stuff/patches/cobalt-kernel-2.6.x/linux-cobalt-2.6.16.2006032101.illogical.patch

wget ftp://www.404ster.com/pub/gentoo-stuff/patches/e100/e100-ignore_csum.2.6.12-gentoo-r6.2005073001.illogical.patch

Then having them on your /usr/src/linux/

# patch -p1 < [patch]

patch -p1 < e100-ignore_csum.2.6.12-gentoo-r6.2005073001.illogical.patch
patch -p1 < linux-cobalt-2.6.16.2006032101.illogical.patch

Then compile your code

# make vmlinux modules modules_install
# strip vmlinux
# bzip2 vmlinux
# cp vmlinux.bz2 /boot/

That should be all !

Jan

[toysoft]

How to download the Gentoo sources ?

cd /usr/portage/sys-kernel

then emerge gentoo-sources

You should get all downloaded on your src directory (/usr/src/)

Just to help to get all for kernel compilation ;o)

Jan