Re: [linuxdc-dev] Confused (long)

[Adrian M. <ad...@mc...>]

On Tuesday 11 September 2001  3:54 am, M. R. Brown wrote:
> * Adrian McMenamin <ad...@mc...> on Tue, Sep 11, 2001:
> > The ftp site appears to be down and so I loaded the rpm for the tools
> > package ... but it doesn't appear to work for me.
> >
> > I am sure this is because of my settings, but I am not clever enough to
> > know how to set this right!
> >
> > When I run...
> >
> >  make
> > CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/billgatliff/H-i686-pc-linux-gnu/sh4-linux/sh4-linux/bi
> >n/ dep zImage
>
> You forgot ARCH=sh in your make command.
>
> > I get this sort of thing...
> >
> > /opt/billgatliff/H-i686-pc-linux-gnu/sh4-linux/sh4-linux/bin/gcc
> > -D__KERNEL__ -I/home/Adrian/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2
> > -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe  -march=i686   -c -o
> > init/main.o init/main.c
> > cc1: Invalid option `arch=i686'
> > In file included from /home/Adrian/linux/include/linux/wait.h:19,
> >                  from /home/Adrian/linux/include/linux/fs.h:12,
> >                  from /home/Adrian/linux/include/linux/capability.h:17,
> >                  from /home/Adrian/linux/include/linux/binfmts.h:5,
> >                  from /home/Adrian/linux/include/linux/sched.h:9,
> >                  from /home/Adrian/linux/include/linux/mm.h:4,
> >                  from /home/Adrian/linux/include/linux/slab.h:14,
> >                  from /home/Adrian/linux/include/linux/proc_fs.h:5,
> >                  from init/main.c:15:
>
> [snip]
>
> > {standard input}:1776: Error: unknown opcode
> > {standard input}:1777: Error: unknown opcode
> > {standard input}:1778: Error: invalid operands for opcode
> > make: *** [init/main.o] Error 1
> >
> >
> > Eeeek! What's wrong???
>
> Because you didn't specify ARCH=sh, you attempted to compile an i386
> kernel with a sh4 compiler.  Use that for *all* kernel targets, including
> menuconfig.
>
> And I hope you're using the latest kernel from LinuxSH CVS (should be at
> least 2.4.10-pre6).
>

I am using the latest stuff from the CVS, yes. Late last night I was able to 
access the ftp site - so should I use the downloaded tools or the ones that 
popped out of the RPM?

Not wishing to sound ungrateful for what is, after all, help offered 
voluntarily. But if I am meant to add an extra command why isn't it mentioned 
in the HOWTOs?


> M. R.