From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HegSr-0002O7-0h for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:55:01 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l3JNrlp5024631; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:53:47 GMT Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l3JNnanL019965 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:49:37 GMT Received: from mac.com (smtpin04-en2 [10.13.10.149]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/smtpout13/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id l3JNnatc027413 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:49:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.2] (ppp-68-251-57-11.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net [68.251.57.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin04/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id l3JNnYwl010071 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:49:35 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <20070419121427.GE12275@sinclair> References: <20070419121427.GE12275@sinclair> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <1D1B8EF3-3CB5-41ED-A82A-D0B26A409AE6@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: cremes.devlist@mac.com Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] need help with x86_64 on MacBook Pro Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:52:15 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-Brightmail-scanned: yes X-Archives-Salt: 519de7db-4e0f-4ae5-90cc-a5261e3d1eb7 X-Archives-Hash: b37cbe3e77b0073e08d13e20a3ef2643 On Apr 19, 2007, at 7:14 AM, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 06:20:37AM -0500, cremes.devlist@mac.com > wrote: >> snip >> The MacBook installation instructions contained pointers to some >> internal >> [3] and external [4] sources which were helpful. These other >> pages mostly >> focus on doing a 32-bit install so I've been searching high and >> low for a >> kernel.config for a 64-bit build known to work on a MacBook Pro. >> I tried >> creating one myself but it doesn't boot. Grub (0.97 installed via >> "emerge >> grub-static" per the handbook) displays my customized 2.6.20 + >> mactel >> patched kernel but the boot attempt results in a black screen and >> no hard >> drive activity. I'm at a bit of a loss to troubleshoot this. > (snip) > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_MacBook/ > Configuration_Files#Kernel_.config > > Works perfectly for me, although I ditched 64 bit for 32 because of > ndiswrapper for wireless. The madwifi-ng people are working on getting > the wireless working and have a beta trunk in the works. However, that > (as far as I know) does not work with any type of encryption just yet. So are you saying it is not necessary to have CONFIG_X86_64=y in the kernel configuration file to get a 64-bit system? I know I'm exposing my ignorance here but it seems odd that the kernel config you pointed me to on the wiki will produce a 64-bit kernel when all the config lines specify 32-bit. ?? cr -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list