Re: compilation problem with kernel 2.6.15

[Krishna <dhunjukrishna@yahoo.com>]

I downloaded the exact tools and followed exact procedure suggested in http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Toolchains#Prologue. But while trying to cross compile the kernel 2.6.15 got the following error:

 

(root@Jamuna:/home/ssf/bdcom/linux-mips-kernels/linux-2.6.15)# make O=/home/ssf

/bdcom/linux-mips-kernels/linux-mips-kernel-2.6.15 ARCH=mips CROSS_COMPILE=mips

el-unknown-linux-gnu-

  Using /home/ssf/bdcom/linux-mips-kernels/linux-2.6.15 as source for kernel

  GEN    /home/ssf/bdcom/linux-mips-kernels/linux-mips-kernel-2.6.15/Makefile

  CHK     include/linux/version.h

  CC      arch/mips/kernel/asm-offsets.s

  GEN     include/asm-mips/asm-offsets.h

  CC      scripts/mod/empty.o

  MKELF   scripts/mod/elfconfig.h

  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/file2alias.o

  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/modpost.o

  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/sumversion.o

  HOSTLD  scripts/mod/modpost

  CC      init/main.o

  CHK     include/linux/compile.h

  SKIPPED include/linux/compile.h

  CC      init/version.o

  CC      init/do_mounts.o

  CC      init/do_mounts_rd.o

  CC      init/do_mounts_initrd.o

  CC      init/do_mounts_md.o

  LD      init/mounts.o

  CC      init/initramfs.o

  CC      init/calibrate.o

  LD      init/built-in.o

  CHK     usr/initramfs_list

  /home/ssf/bdcom/linux-mips-kernels/linux-2.6.15/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh:

 Cannot open 'y'

make[2]: *** [usr/initramfs_list] Error 1

make[1]: *** [usr] Error 2

make: *** [_all] Error 2

 

can anyone suggest me what is the problem here?

 

Thanks in advance,

Krishna

James E Wilson <wilson@specifix.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 06:37, Krishna wrote:
> > err
> > or: read-only variable Î?Ã?ÿ__gu_valÎ?Ã?Ã? used as Î?Ã?ÿasmÎ?Ã?Ã? output
>
> This means a new error check in gcc has found a latent kernel bug.
>
> It is also sometimes the case that a new linux kernel finds a latent gcc
> bug.
>
> Note, in general, key parts of linux such as the kernel, glibc, and gcc,
> often have such heavy dependencies on each other that you can not pick
> and choose random versions. If you want to use a particular kernel
> version, then there are often particular glibc and gcc versions you
> should use with it, otherwise you are likely to run into trouble.
>
> This link:
> http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Toolchains#Prologue
> recommends gcc-3.4. And if you follow the "recommended" link to
> http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/GCC
> it specifically recommends against use of gcc-4.1 for compiling the
> linux kernel, as this hasn't been well
>  tested yet.
> -- 
> Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.specifix.com



*Krishna*

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