On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 09:46:08AM +0200, Eduardo Trápani wrote: > >You need to do : > > > > make-kpkg --config oldconfig --arch powerpc ... > > I tried, the error is below. What is the alternative way to build the > kernel? In i386 I used to make zImage and then copy the files from > arch/boot or something like that. Is there documentation on how to do it > for these kernels? > > Thanks, Eduardo. > > # make-kpkg --arch powerpc --initrd kernel-image > > ====== making target debian/stamp-build-kernel [new prereqs: sanity_check > stamp-kernel-conf]====== > /usr/bin/make ARCH=ppc \ > zImage > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.15-rc6' > CHK include/linux/version.h > CHK include/linux/compile.h > CHK usr/initramfs_list > GEN .version > CHK include/linux/compile.h > UPD include/linux/compile.h > CC init/version.o > LD init/built-in.o > LD .tmp_vmlinux1 > arch/powerpc/kernel/built-in.o: In function `power4_idle': multiple > definition of `power4_idle' > arch/ppc/kernel/idle_power4.o:arch/ppc/kernel/idle_power4.S:(.text+0x4): > first defined here > make[1]: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.15-rc6' > make: *** [debian/stamp-build-kernel] Error 2 > > #
Eduardo, In your earlier posting you wrote "Just leaving out the --subarch seems to work." If this means you already compiled successfully one kernel without a flag like that then I'd omit the "--arch" option: I don't remember having *ever* used this option for a, admittedly, non-ppc64, but ppc kernel. IIRC gcc automatically detects the architecture of a computer and then compiles accordingly .... I'd keep things as simple as possible: every extra flag might become the source of a fail, so if I don't need it I'll scrap it ... :) Furthermore: Instead of doing something like a "make-kpkg --config oldconfig" I'd do a plain old "make oldconfig" or "make config" or "make menuconfig" etc. instead: This way one can safely stop editing the .config for a new kernel, and then continue later on, after having saved the changes to the .config; the option for the latter could be very convenient because doing a kernel .config can become a time consuming task (easily a dozen or more hours if it's one's first config) man make-kpkg One of my favorites: /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz To read files like the latter with 'less', and without the need to unzip them simply put something like this into your bashrc (Don't ask me about the "lesspipe %s" flag: I don't know exactly what it means (Anyone out there who does ...? .. :)). It just works for the automatic unzip stuff... :) .. : --------------------------------- LESS=-MM LESSCHARSET=latin1 #LESSCHARSET=utf-8 #LESSCHARSET=latin9 LESSOPEN="|lesspipe %s" export LESSOPEN LESSCHARSET LESS --------------------------------- man less man lesspipe After editing the kernel .config, something like this: MAKEFLAGS="CC=gcc-4.0" fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version=-special-name --revision whatever kernel_image Replace "whatever" and "-special-name" with names you want. And the command above does not create an initrd image, IINM .... Are you sure you need initrd? I live happily without it on a 2.6 kernel, since quite some time ... :) What did I miss? ... :) .... Anyone? ... HTH Best Regards Wolfgang > > -- Wolfgang Pfeiffer: /ICQ: 286585973/ + + + /AIM: crashinglinux/ http://profiles.yahoo.com/wolfgangpfeiffer Key ID: E3037113 http://keyserver.mine.nu/pks/lookup?search=0xE3037113&fingerprint=on -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
