Dear Rogério, Good to hear from you again!
On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 12:12 PM, Rogério Brito <rbr...@ime.usp.br> wrote: > Hi, all (and sorry for jumping in a bit late). > > On 2018-02-17 10:48, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 06:30:23PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: >>> There's an upstream change in cfg80211 that enables direct-loading of >>> wireless rules, which requires public key crypto in the kernel. There >>> doesn't appear to be any option to disable that mode, even though we >>> don't need it because crda still works. Maybe you could disable >>> wireless networking completely? >>> >>> Some options that could possibly be changed from y to m: >>> >>> - I2C, I2C_CHARDEV, I2C_MV64XXX. initramfs-tools should include I2C >>> drivers to the initramfs if needed, but I'm not certain. >>> >>> - MTD, MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS, etc. But I'm pretty sure this will break >>> some systems unless initramfs-tools is updated to include and load the >>> cmdlinepart module. >>> >>> - RTC_DRV_MV (and disable RTC_HCTOSYS). There's a udev rule that >>> should load the system clock from the first RTC if its driver is a >>> module. >>> >>> - SPI_ORION. initramfs-tools should include this in the initramfs if >>> needed, but I'm not certain. >>> >>> Some options that could possibly be disabled: >>> >>> - AUDIT. This is quite a niche feature. >>> >>> Also try comparing the complete configs over time and looking for >>> symbols newly set to y. >> >> Did you had a chance to look at Ben's suggestions or ideas? > > If nobody is working on getting a new kernel working on armel, I would > like to (at least, unsuccessfully) try to get it to compile. > > At worst, I believe, I can gain some knowledge and compare what I get from > this armel kernel with a Kurobox HD (powerpc-based; see some notes at [0])... > > [0]: > http://cynic.cc/blog/posts/simple-annotations-on-compiling-a-linux-kernel-for-an-embedded-platform/ > > For this task, I have some questions: I have a wiki entry to help you: - https://wiki.debian.org/HowToCrossBuildAnOfficialDebianKernelPackage However, Kurobox HD is not armel, so you need to use Kurobox Pro, if you still have it. Cheers, -- Roger Shimizu, GMT +9 Tokyo PGP/GPG: 4096R/6C6ACD6417B3ACB1
