Re: [9front] Building pc64 kernel

Re: [9front] Building pc64 kernel

[sl]

> Today I've tried to build the pc64 kernel after a fresh install of 9front
> on my laptop.
> I follow the documentation here: http://fqa.9front.org/fqa5.html
> 
> But fail to build the pc64 kernel with message below:
> 
> mk: don't know how to make '/amd64/bin/paqfs' in directory /sys/src/9/pc64
> 
> 
> The fresh installation used the pc kernel (objtype=386).
> 
> After the help of khm in the #cat-v channel the build was successfully. He
> said that it was needed to *build everything* before build the pc64 kernel
> using objtype=amd64 to populate the paqfs.
> 
> The success steps are:
> 
> term% cd /sys/src
> term% objtype=amd64 mk install
> term% cd /sys/src/9/pc64
> term% objtype=amd64 mk install
> 
> Maybe it's a obvious thing, but not for me (plan9 newbie) and maybe the
> docs should be updated explaining the correct way to change from pc to pc64
> kernel...

FQA 5.2.2 - Building from source and FQA 5.2.2.1 - Cross compiling both
already mention the above.

FQA 7.2.5 - How do I install a new kernel? assumes the desired architecture
is already installed, but could perhaps be clearer.

sl