[Peeweelinux] trouble compiling custom kernel

[Troy Engel]

Hi,

I'm assuming you're following my instructions to make this kernel -- 
check two things:

1) the RH62 compat-* packages are installed, and you are invoking the 
script /usr/i386-glibc21-linux/bin/i386-glibc21-linux-env.sh *prior* to 
running/configuring/building the kernel

2) that you've edited the kernel Makefile to use "kgcc" instead of "gcc" 
(/usr/bin/kgcc is installed as part of compat-egcs-<VER>.rpm)

-te

Jonathan Sturges wrote:
> I was able to compile 2.2.25 in gcc 3.2, but the resulting kernel "Oops"es
> when initialized on my Advantech boards, which are using National
> Semiconductor's Geode CPU.  You might be right about gcc 3.2 with 2.2.17
> though.  If I cd into the $PWL_HOME/kernelbuild/usr/src/linux, after trying
> to make a custom kernel within PWL, and do a 'make bzImage' it does choke
> without producing an image.
> 
> I will try a 2.4 kernel and see how it goes.
> 
> thanks,
> Jonathan
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ken Emmons, Jr." <kemmons@qatech.com>
> To: <peeweelinux@adis.on.ca>
> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 3:05 PM
> Subject: RE: [Peeweelinux] trouble compiling custom kernel
> 
> 
> 
>>I think the 2.2 kernel compile will die with GCC 3.2, but I am not sure.
> 
> Compile a kernel version (2.4 something) that will work with your compiler
> (view the README docs in the kernel source for where to findd out what
> version of GCC to use). If you can, compile everything static, so you don't
> have to deal with modules.
> 
>>Now you need to Copy the bzImage file (your compiled kernel) into your
> 
> peewee projects "custom" folder. This custom folder mimics the root
> filesystem of your target, which allows you to overwrite or add files. Make
> a "boot" directory if it is not already there, and put your bzImage file
> there.  If you don't need modules, you are now done. Otherwise, copy all of
> your module files intot he appropriate directories, and hope it works.
> 
>>
>>~Ken
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Jonathan Sturges [mailto:jonathan@sprintmail.com]
>>>Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 2:52 PM
>>>To: peeweelinux@adis.on.ca
>>>Subject: [Peeweelinux] trouble compiling custom kernel
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>I'm a PWL newbie.  I've been playing with 0.61.1 for a week
>>>or so now and
>>>have made several successful test images with it... pretty
>>>darn intuitive
>>>and easy!
>>>
>>>However I cannot seem to compile a custom kernel from the
>>>2.2.17 sources
>>>that came with PWL.  It never seems to produce a bzImage.
>>>
>>>I was able to follow some directions I found in the list
>>>archive and build a
>>>kernel outside of PWL and bring that in... that did work for
>>>me though.
>>>
>>>FWIW, my host OS is RH 8.0 with gcc 3.2; is that likely a
>>>problem area or is
>>>the host platform pretty flexible with PWL?
>>>
>>>thanks,
>>>Jonathan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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