Re: compiling an i386 kernel using the linux-mips64 CVS sources?

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 11:21:06AM -0700, John Hawkes wrote:

> Has anyone tried to compile an i386 kernel using the linux-mips64 CVS
> sources?  I'm just starting that process now and am seeing a compile
> error in drivers/block/floppy.c.  Are these sources *really* supposed to
> be 2.3.99-pre8?  Maybe I should just download a clean copy of
> 2.3.99-pre8, if I can find it.  My goal is to be able to do an
> apples-to-apples performance and behavioral comparison of an i386 kernel
> vs. a mips64 kernel.  I don't want to waste time chasing 2.3.99-pre8
> mips64 performance problems that are general 2.3.99-pre8 problems.

The floppy driver problem are the portability changes which we need
for various MIPS systems.

  Ralf