Re: [Gumstix-users] [kernel build

[Dave H. <dhy...@gm...>]

Hi Yvon,

> My mistake was to assume that the directory tree were created automatically. Apart from that I did exactly
> the same as you just described except that I didn't find the uImage and thought I had to rename the
> jffs2 file to be able to load it.

So once the kernel is built, it's placed in

gumstix-buildroot/build_arm_nofpu/linux-2.6.17gum/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux

This is then processed to produce:

gumstix-buildroot/build_arm_nofpu/linux-2.6.17gum/arch/arm/boot/uImage

and that then gets copied into

gumstix-buildroot/build_arm_nofpu/root/boot/uImage

So, if any of the above mentioned files are missing, then your make
wasn't successful.

>
> Again, I searched in all the directories and couldn't find the uImage file. COuld this be because I didn't
> create the correct directory tree?

The only portion of the directory tree that matters is what's below
gumstix-buildroot, and that's done for you by svn. The name/location
of gumstix-buildroot is arbitrary.

I often create multiple directories with different names if I'm
working on multiple versions of buildroot.

So I suspect that if your uImage isn't being created then its for some
other reason, and will involve carefully checking the make output,
especially near the end.

-- 
Dave Hylands
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.DaveHylands.com/