Re: [LinuxBIOS] AMD SimNOW question

[Myles Watson]

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> Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] AMD SimNOW question
>
> You are right.  I saw that it needed the files under svn/.  So I moved
> the files into this directory under sources.  This was from the svn co I
> did for version 2950.    Could I use the tip of the tree for this or is
> it better to use version 2950?
>
> Now it needs the patch for the compile problems, ld, etc..  for Fedora 8.
>
> Progress no matter how slow is progress,  I guess...................... :-
> )

You can use the head of the tree.  Buildrom is supposed to be a stable
version, so a working version is always specified for v2.

Good luck,
Myles
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> Myles Watson wrote:
> > On Jan 8, 2008 12:09 PM, Marc Karasek  wrote:
> > > I am trying to get LinuxBIOS and AMD SimNOW working.
> > >
> > > I tried to follow the how-to and have run into a brick wall.
> > >
> > > It gets to the point of compiling linuxbios.  Originally it could not
> > > find the file linuxbios-svn-2950.tar.gz file under sources and was
> > > failing.  I then got this revision via svn and created this file.  I
>
> put
> > > it in the sources directory, now the patch file for linuxbios is
>
> failing.
> > >
> >
> > Here's my guess: When you got the revision and made the tarball, your
> > directory structure ended up wrong so the patch won't apply.  When you
> > check it out from svn you get a LinuxBIOSv2/* and you need a svn/*
> >
> > If that doesn't help, I don't have enough information to help you.
> > Are you building for fam10 or the original Serengeti_cheetah?  Which
> > payload are you using?  What patch is failing?  What's the error
> > message?
> >
> > I just built LAB payloads for both versions of Serengeti Cheetah, and
> > they worked for me.
> >
> > Myles
> > > It took me a lot work to get to this point as I have been having proxy
> > > server problems.  The machine I am building/testing with is in a lab
>
> and
> > > is behind the proxy.
> > >
> > > I am pretty close to getting this compiled.  I already have a system
> > > setup with SimNOW (NDA version).  Any help would be appreciated...