ibm.com — We are often asked to build a RHEL 5 kernel (e.g., RHEL 5.2) on Power systems for evaluating a new kernel patch or investigating a performance issue. It is actually fairly easy to build the distro kernel if you are careful with the details.Here we will present the simple steps for re-building the ppc64 RHEL 5.2 kernel as delivered by the distro.
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Closed AccountAug 3, 2008
No rpm vs deb comments unless you know about what you are talking. 99% of FUD spreading newbs don't.
ebulatingAug 4, 2008
I buried it for being ridiculously narrow. If you need to run RHEL on a Power 5, you will know where to look for information. Whats next, how to compile HURD for MIPS?
ilgazAug 4, 2008
WARNING: If IBM says "POWER", it is not PowerPC aka PPC, it is those monster CPUs they ship on servers and very high end Workstations.
tian2992Aug 9, 2008
Well, it is ALMOST the same…<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC</a>and POWER >3 include the full PPC instruction set…