Re: Problems with self-compiled kernel
Björn Buske wrote:
>Hi, everyone!
>
>I've run into an (for me) unsolvable problem. I have installed a fresh
Woody
>m68k (3.0r1, incl. update-disc) from the official CD-ROMs on my good
old ATARI
>TT (no accelerator-boards installed). I have not changed any relevant
>configurations and I have not isntalled any unstable or non-standard
software
>on it.
>
>For the past few days I have been trying to compile a customized
kernel for
>the past few days. However, all of the attempts I made seem to have
produced a
>bad kernel-image.
>
>My last try was using the kernel version 2.2.20 (which should work,
since it
>is the one shipped with the dist, and that runs just fine) from the
original
>debian source package and with the original debian kernel-patches for m68k
>applied. All compiled well, but just as before, the image wouldn't boot.
>
>When I try to boot the new image from TOS, Bootstrap.prg unpacks the
image,
>recognises the bootinfo-version 2.1, and then the system freezes even
before
>the screen gets blanked and all I can do is hit the reset button and
boot the
>old kernel again.
>
>Does anyone have similar experiences and/or know a way to get it running?
>
>Could it be a problem with the kernel-bootinfo (wrong start-address,
etc.) or
>rather gcc or the linker? What could I change for it to work?
>
>I am using the standard settings, so it's the gcc 2.95.4, and it runs fine
>when building Linux-ELF-binaries (like e2fsprogs, cdrecord, etc.).
>
>I'd appreciate any help anyone might have. Thanks!!!
>
>Björn Buske
>
Did you copy the config.atari file from the patches file into the top
level of the kernel source?
cp /kernel-patches/m68k/2.2.20/config.atari
xxx/kernel-source-2.2.20/config
Hank
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