Re: [RTnet-developers] ppc/powerpc ambiguity while cross-compiling rtnet

[Jan K. <jan...@we...>]

Giammarco Zacheo wrote:
> Hi,
> while compiling rtnet 0.9.11 for a mpc5200-based (powerpc) board with
> xenomai 2.4.8 on a denx-2.6.29.4 kernel, i had problems while running
> the configure script, which wasn't able to find Xenomai headers in the
> kernel tree. This is due to the fact that the configure script is
> still looking for the arch/ppc obsoleted directory.
> 
> The following patch worked for me, but I'm afraid this could break
> compatibility with older kernels and/or RTAI/Xenomai releases. There's
> probably a better way to do this. Any ideas?
> 
> Cheers,
> Giammarco
> 
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -58,10 +58,14 @@ case "$host" in
>         RTNET_TARGET_ARCH=arm
>         wanted_kernel_arch=CONFIG_ARM
>         ;;
> -    powerpc-*|ppc-*)
> +    ppc-*)
>         RTNET_TARGET_ARCH=ppc
>         wanted_kernel_arch=CONFIG_PPC
>         ;;
> +    powerpc-*)
> +        RTNET_TARGET_ARCH=powerpc
> +        wanted_kernel_arch=CONFIG_PPC
> +        ;;
> #    mips-*|mipsel-*)
> #       RTNET_TARGET_ARCH=mips
> #       wanted_kernel_arch=CONFIG_MIPS
> 

Wolfgang, can you check if it breaks anything (specifically 2.4)?

Thanks,
Jan