Re: Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure fixed & new problem show up

2009-12-08 Thread Mike McCarty
Mykal Funk wrote: > Thanks a bunch, Ken. I got a kernerl working! Now to build the LFS 6.5 > and see how everything goes. If it all goes well, I can go back to > lurking. :) But first, be sure to keep us informed on how things all come out! Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(

Re: Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure fixed & new problem show up

2009-12-08 Thread Mykal Funk
Ken Moffat wrote: > 2009/12/7 Mykal Funk : > >> Ken Moffat wrote: >> >>> Do you have CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO=y ? If so, try turning it off. >>> > whoops, if not try turning it on. > >>> I'm not sure where it appears in menuconfig, but the help says: >>> >>> config COMPAT_VDSO >>>

Re: Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure fixed & new problem show up

2009-12-07 Thread Ken Moffat
2009/12/7 Mykal Funk : > Ken Moffat wrote: >> >> Do you have CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO=y ?  If so, try turning it off. whoops, if not try turning it on. >> I'm not sure where it appears in menuconfig, but the help says: >> >> config COMPAT_VDSO >>         def_bool y >>         prompt "Compat VDSO suppor

Re: Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure fixed & new problem show up

2009-12-07 Thread Mykal Funk
Ken Moffat wrote: > 2009/12/7 Mykal Funk : > >> Thanks for the pointers. Once I got the configuration right it would go >> all the way to loading Init. However, it is now givining an error >> "Inconsistency detected by ld.so: rtld.c: 1180: dl_main: Assertion >> `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_loc

Re: Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure fixed & new problem show up

2009-12-07 Thread Ken Moffat
2009/12/7 Mykal Funk : > Thanks for the pointers. Once I got the configuration right it would go > all the way to loading Init. However, it is now givining an error > "Inconsistency detected by ld.so: rtld.c: 1180: dl_main: Assertion > `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso’ failed!"

Re: Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure fixed & new problem show up

2009-12-07 Thread Mykal Funk
Ken Moffat wrote: > 2009/12/5 William Immendorf : > >> Try building the generic EIDE/PATA driver into the kernel. >> >> -- >> William Immendorf >> The ultimate in free computing. >> Messages in plain text, please, no HTML. >> >> -- >> > Yeah, I think William has probably hit th

Re: Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure fixed & new problem show up

2009-12-05 Thread Ken Moffat
2009/12/5 William Immendorf : > On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Mykal Funk wrote: >> Thanks Ken that got the 2.6.30.9 kernel compiled. But I can't seem to >> boot it. It complains about not having an NFS mount then asks for a root >> floppy. If I hit a key, the kernel panics. I haven't figured out

Re: Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure fixed & new problem show up

2009-12-05 Thread William Immendorf
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Mykal Funk wrote: > Thanks Ken that got the 2.6.30.9 kernel compiled. But I can't seem to > boot it. It complains about not having an NFS mount then asks for a root > floppy. If I hit a key, the kernel panics. I haven't figured out how to > capture the output. > >  

Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure fixed & new problem show up

2009-12-05 Thread Mykal Funk
Ken Moffat wrote: > The slightly longer-winded version is to build several versions of > gcc and binutils, using each to build a newer version. As always, > the version of binutils needs to be suitable for the version of gcc > but these things are never documented. Looking back to my old > notes,

Re: Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure

2009-12-03 Thread Bruce Dubbs
linux fan wrote: > On 12/3/09, Mike McCarty wrote: > >> You don't necessarily have to build on that machine. However, >> I realize that may be part of the "challenge". > > Hmm, if LFS 6.5 cross compiles, could you build it on a fast machine > for the slow machine and then put it on the slow machi

Re: Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure

2009-12-03 Thread Mike McCarty
linux fan wrote: > On 12/3/09, Mike McCarty wrote: > >> You don't necessarily have to build on that machine. However, >> I realize that may be part of the "challenge". > > Hmm, if LFS 6.5 cross compiles, could you build it on a fast machine > for the slow machine and then put it on the slow machi

Re: Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure

2009-12-03 Thread linux fan
On 12/3/09, Mike McCarty wrote: > You don't necessarily have to build on that machine. However, > I realize that may be part of the "challenge". Hmm, if LFS 6.5 cross compiles, could you build it on a fast machine for the slow machine and then put it on the slow machine with rsync or something? -

Re: Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure

2009-12-03 Thread Mike McCarty
linux fan wrote: > On 12/3/09, Simon Geard wrote: >> Wow... if you *do* get a new LFS build running on that, I'd be curious >> to know how long it took... > > My first guess is 11 days or so. You don't necessarily have to build on that machine. However, I realize that may be part of the "challeng

Re: Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure

2009-12-03 Thread linux fan
On 12/3/09, Simon Geard wrote: > Wow... if you *do* get a new LFS build running on that, I'd be curious > to know how long it took... My first guess is 11 days or so. Calculating from: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~sbu MHz=100 one_sbu=5848 lfs_6_5_sbus=153 seconds=899422 time=10,9:50:22 -- ht

Re: Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure

2009-12-03 Thread Simon Geard
On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 23:21 -0500, Mykal Funk wrote: > The machine has collected dust for the last 5 years. As it is a 486DX, > it will take a couple days to see if your suggestions work. And yes, I > think I left this one a bit too long. But I like a challenge. Thats why > I bother with an old

Re: Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure

2009-12-02 Thread Mykal Funk
Ken Moffat wrote: > In general, once you build LFS you are responsible for updating > it, and rebuilding it in due course. I think you've left this one a bit > too long. > > ĸen > The machine has collected dust for the last 5 years. As it is a 486DX, it will take a couple days to see if your

Re: Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure

2009-12-02 Thread Ken Moffat
2009/12/2 Bruce Dubbs : > Mykal Funk wrote: >> I am trying to upgrade an LFS 5 system so that I can build an updated >> LFS 6.5 system. However the compile fails with this output. >> >> MODPOST vmlinux.o >> WARNING: modpost: Found 5 section mismatch(es). >> To see full details build you kernel with

Re: Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure

2009-12-02 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Mykal Funk wrote: > I am trying to upgrade an LFS 5 system so that I can build an updated > LFS 6.5 system. However the compile fails with this output. > > MODPOST vmlinux.o > WARNING: modpost: Found 5 section mismatch(es). > To see full details build you kernel with: > 'make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION

Re: Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure

2009-12-02 Thread William Immendorf
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Mykal Funk wrote: > Current kernel is linux-2.4.22-openmosix-2, if that helps. I've googled > around and haven't found anything. I can't get this kernel to compile > and I'm not sure why. Sorry to dissapoint you, but you need a 2.6.18 kernel or up to build LFS 6.5.

Linux-2.6.30.9 build failure

2009-12-02 Thread Mykal Funk
I am trying to upgrade an LFS 5 system so that I can build an updated LFS 6.5 system. However the compile fails with this output. MODPOST vmlinux.o WARNING: modpost: Found 5 section mismatch(es). To see full details build you kernel with: 'make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y' GEN .version CH