On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Mulyadi Santosa <mulyadi.santosa@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 14:05, chromaticwt zac <zac.3.14159@gmail.com> wrote:
> what is the proper way to cross compile the linux kernel from one arch to
> another? specifically,
> i386 -> ppc.

Try this tutorial
http://free-electrons.com/docs/toolchains/

Their are automated toolchains provided on this site, i think they are called buildroot toolchains:
 http://kegel.com/crosstools

or you can also use uClibc / busy box toolchain.
http://uclibc.org/toolchains.html