[Ipodlinux-devel] ipodloader on ppc

[Steven L. <sl...@uc...>]

Hey everyone,

I haven't been around these parts for a while, but I'm trying to catch up
with everything that's been done.  I'm running into two independent problems:

One is with the ipodloader.  I'm running gentoo on ppc with a g1 ipod.  Once
I change the "char c" to "int c" so the thing doesn't get stuck in the loop
(line 260), it appears to make make_fw alright.  For the cross-compiled
stuff, however, I get the following error:

"
arm-uclibc-gcc -Wl,-Tarm_elf_40.x -nostartfiles -o loader startup.o loader.o tools.o tux.o
/home/local/uclibc/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/arm-linux/3.2.1/../../../../arm-linux/bin/ld.real:
loader: Not enough room for program headers, try linking with -N
/home/local/uclibc/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/arm-linux/3.2.1/../../../../arm-linux/bin/ld.real:
final link failed: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [loader] Error 1
"

If I add -N to LDFLAGS in Makefile, everything compiles nicely, but when I
follow the instructions in the README I just get a "folder!" icon when I try
to boot my ipod.  I don't know if the -N is the culprit (not very familiar
with linking), or if it's something else (endian problem?).  Is there a newer
(CVS?) copy I could get my hands on?  Is anyone else experiencing these
problems and I just missed the message?

The second problem comes when trying to compile the kernel.  Actually, it's
before I even get to that point.  After I "make oldconfig", I "make dep" but
get the following error:

"
make[6]: Leaving directory `/home/uc/linux-2.4.20/drivers/video/aty'
make -C intel fastdep
make: *** intel: No such file or directory.  Stop.
"

I didn't used to get that message when cross compiling a kernel for the ipod,
so perhaps it's one of the new patches?

Thanks for any help,
Steven