Re: [linuxdc-dev] Fwd: Kernel building

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

On Friday 18 Oct 2002 7:06 pm, Adrian McMenamin wrote:

>
> Hi... good morning, or maybe it's good evening for you.
>
>     My keyboard and VGA converters are late getting to me.  It's difficult
> to get a good idea of what's really running on the system without them.  I
> can however build and boot CDs.  I have problems in that area.  I can build
> Bill Gatliff's distribution with no problem.  Burns OK and boots up. Now I
> want to be able to build using the latest releases from the CVS tree so
> that I can use the new drivers (microphone, etc).  What I did is as
> follows: 1.. Build Bill's toolchain, kernel, initial RD just like
> instructed 2.. Burn Bill's image just to test it
>   3.. Download a stock 2.4.18 kernel
>   4.. Download CVS linuxSH kernel patches labeled linux-2.4-branch
>   5.. Perform treelink.sh using LinuxSH tree
>   6.. Perform treelink.sh using linux-dc tree
>   7.. Copied .config from Bill's distribution as a template.  I've also
> used other people's .config file with no luck. 

8.. Symbolically link my
> newly downloaded, patched tree into Bill's tree.  (linked 'kernel' to the
> source tree) 

Eh? You don't need to do this. A stock 2.4.18 kernel and the Linux-sh-dc and 
linux-sh modules are all you need.


9.. AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE?? - I have to modify the Makefile
> in kernel/arch/sh to remove the "-mnoimplicit-fp" switch since Bill's
> toolchain is a little old 10.. Did a make clean dep zImage
>   11.. Followed the normal steps I take making Bill's CD (compress initrd,
>  scramble image, etc..) 12.. Burn CD
>   13.. Boot in DC.  I get the initial Logo, SEGA splash screen.  And then
> the system resets itself.
>
> So what could I be doing wrong?  Do you have a similar set up?
> Perhaps my down-rev toolchain is causing some problems?
> I have a hard time believing that the CVS tree for linux-dc has problems.
>  Any help you can lend would be greatly appreciated.  If you think it's a
>  good idea, I can put this one out to the mailing list and see if anyone
> else has had this problem.
>
> Thanks
> Mike
> (anyone wanna buy a coaster??)
>
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