Hi,
The make xconfig command spits out the following error (warning):
ERROR - Attempting to write value for unconfigured variable
(CONFIG_ALTIVEC).
This is on a PowerMac 8600 running YellowDog 2.1.
Commenting the VMX thing for the Power4 in arch/ppc/config.in fixes the
problem:
[kevdig@PowerMac8600B ppc]$ diff -U 3 config-{old,new}_in
--- config-old_in Thu Apr 7 22:25:11 2005
+++ config-new_in Fri Apr 8 15:56:32 2005
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@
fi
define_bool CONFIG_PPC_ISATIMER y
fi
-if [ "$CONFIG_POWER4" = "y" ]; then
- bool 'VMX (same as AltiVec) support' CONFIG_ALTIVEC
-fi
+#if [ "$CONFIG_POWER4" = "y" ]; then
+# bool 'VMX (same as AltiVec) support' CONFIG_ALTIVEC
+#fi
if [ "$CONFIG_4xx" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_8xx" = "y" ]; then
bool 'Math emulation' CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION
This problem also prevents you from enabling AltiVec (UI unresponsive).
kevin