Re: Linux kernel stability fixes for older SPARCs

>> I may have some time to do test runs next week.
>> Could you give me some quick starters for setting up a kernel cross build env on
>> an amd64 machine, or maybe access to a Sun box I could use?
> 
> It's actually pretty simple these days as the kernel.org mirrors provide binary
> distributions of freestanding toolchains for all major supported architectures
> of the Linux kernel.
> 
> To set up on any x86_64 machine, do the following:
> 
> # wget https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/14.2.0/x86_64-gcc-14.2.0-nolibc-sparc64-linux.tar.gz
> # tar xf x86_64-gcc-14.2.0-nolibc-sparc64-linux.tar.gz
> # export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/gcc-14.2.0-nolibc/sparc64-linux/bin/
> # git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
> # cd linux
> # export ARCH=sparc
> # export CROSS_COMPILE=sparc64-linux-
> # make sparc64_defconfig
> # make -j<number of parallel jobs>
> 
> The cross-compiled kernel will be available as "vmlinux".

Very good, thanks!