Re: [gentoo-user] need help with x86_64 on MacBook Pro

[Matthew Daubenspeck <matt@oddprocess.org>]

On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 06:20:37AM -0500, cremes.devlist@mac.com wrote:
>  Hi, new Gentoo user here (but not new to the wonderful world of unix).
> 
>  A few weeks ago I installed Gentoo into Parallels under OSX on my MacBook 
>  Pro (rev 2, Core2Duo) to start familiarizing myself with the system. I liked 
>  it well enough that I decided to get in a little deeper and experiment with 
>  the x86_64 release. My MBPro is capable of running it so I repartitioned my 
>  drive and was off to the races.
> 
>  I've been following the great instructions on the wiki posted here [1] using 
>  the minimal install CD with the 2006.1 profile. However, the instructions 
>  there primarily focus on the 32-bit release. I coupled those instructions 
>  with the Gentoo Handbook for x86_64 to cover the areas that the wiki 
>  (rightly) left out [2]. The goal was to install a pure 64-bit non-multilib 
>  system to use as a base for a Xen Dom0 (I switched to the non-multilib 
>  profile in my chroot).
> 
>  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.
> 
>  Anyone have a working kernel.config for x86_64 that they can point me to? 
>  I'd be happy to update the wiki to include more specific instructions 
>  related to x86_64 once I get a working system.
> 
>  Thanks for your help.
> 
>  cr

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.

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  Matthew Daubenspeck
  http://oddprocess.org

Gentoo Linux x86_64 Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 165
08:11:58 up 75 days, 21:59, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00
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