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Re: [coLinux-devel] [coLinux-users] Porting a Kernel
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From: yin s. <sun...@gm...> - 2012-09-24 04:02:24
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your error looks like a gcc problem. try use gcc 4.4 since we are building kernel program/device driver, the compiler version/flags is important. in this case, I think gcc 4.6 never been tested to work. On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Shao Miller <sha...@gm...> wrote: > Thanks again. > > Here is my scenario: > > - Development system for building coLinux and coLinux kernel: Fedora 15 > - GCC ver. 4.6.3 > - MinGW GCC ver. 4.5.3 > > The 'make' process appears to wish to build particular versions of tools, > but I don't quite understand why. Why is it that it cannot use whatever > tools I have installed? After reading doc/building.txt, I still am not > clear on why. > > I did download all of the particular versions via 'make download'. But > when > I run 'make', it fails to build the binutils-2.19.1 that was downloaded. > There are a few errors[1], but "fixing" them would seem to be out-of-scope > for coLinux. So again, can I just use the tools that I have? I tried > './configure --gcc-guest-build', but that didn't seem to do the trick. > > Thanks for your time, once more. > > - Shao > > [1] > > --- ERROR LOG /usr/src/colinux-devel/log/build-colinux-25679.err: > In file included from ../../binutils-2.19.1/libiberty/regex.c:638:0: > ../../binutils-2.19.1/libiberty/regex.c: In function > ‘byte_re_match_2_internal’: > ../../binutils-2.19.1/libiberty/regex.c:7141:27: warning: variable > ‘sdummy’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable] > ../../binutils-2.19.1/libiberty/regex.c:7140:22: warning: variable > ‘pdummy’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable] > ../../binutils-2.19.1/libiberty/regex.c:7476:5: warning: jump skips > variable initialization [-Wjump-misses-init] > ../../binutils-2.19.1/libiberty/regex.c:5952:12: note: label > ‘restore_best_regs’ defined here > ../../binutils-2.19.1/libiberty/regex.c:5913:16: note: ‘same_str_p’ > declared here > ../../binutils-2.19.1/bfd/compress.c: In function > 'bfd_uncompress_section_contents': > ../../binutils-2.19.1/bfd/compress.c:54:45: error: parameter 'buffer' set > but not used [-Werror=unused-but-set-parameter] > ../../binutils-2.19.1/bfd/compress.c:54:68: error: parameter 'size' set > but not used [-Werror=unused-but-set-parameter] > cc1: all warnings being treated as errors > make[5]: *** [compress.lo] Error 1 > make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > make[3]: *** [all] Error 2 > make[2]: *** [all-bfd] Error 2 > make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 > make binutils failed > make: *** [cross] Error 1 > > ________________________________________ > From: yin sun [mailto:sun...@gm...] > Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 22:54 > To: Shao Miller > Subject: Re: [coLinux-users] Porting a Kernel > > patches are what colinux releases. the build process will download the > original linux kernel code from the kernel official site first. > once you download the svn devel branch. > ./configure > make > will take care all of these. this topic should be discussed on dev mailing > list. > On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Shao Miller <sha...@gm...> > wrote: > Thank you. > > I am trying your suggestion. So far, I have needed bison, patch, flex, > texinfo, texinfo-tex, gettext. I will see how it all goes. > > Is there an official SVN for coLinux Linux source, rather than just > patches/ > ? > > - Shao > > ________________________________________ > From: yin sun [mailto:sun...@gm...] > Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 20:15 > To: Shao Miller > Cc: col...@li... > Subject: Re: [coLinux-users] Porting a Kernel > > current colinux kernel is based on 2.6.33.7 not very different from > 2.6.38.6 > you can try to go through the colinux build process first. once you are > familiar with it, > you should know how to port a new kernel. > On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Shao Miller <sha...@gm...> > wrote: > Good day, folks. > > If I was interested in compiling a Linux kernel for use with coLinux, how > might I go about it? Are there instructions already documented? > > I have the Linux source and the coLinux source. I was planning on > reviewing > the items inside coLinux' patch/ directory, then porting those into a > branch > in my Linux git repository. Does that make the most sense? > > For the curious, I'm wanting to get Fedora 15's 2.6.38.6-rc1 kernel running > under coLinux so I can port my installation away from VMware and to > coLinux. > Fedora 15 is "end-of-life," but oh well. > > Thank you for your time. > > - Shao > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;258768047;13503038;j? > http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html > _______________________________________________ > coLinux-users mailing list > coL...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/colinux-users > > > > |
