Re: First Kernel Build Attempt Failed was: Re: 3ware 9550 SATA RAID controller problems

[Stephen Woodbridge <woodbri@swoodbridge.com>]

Fixed the cross-compile problem by adding --arch=amd64 to the make-kpkg 
command and the kernel compiles but of the package is strange and it 
will not install.

fakeroot make-kpkg --arch=amd64 --initrd --append-to-version=.20060107 
kernel-image

The package name is:

linux-image-2.6.15.20060107_2.6.15.20060107-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb

which is strange because I gave the target as kernel-image not 
linux-image and 2.6.15.20060107 is added to the name twice.

and yaird failed on the install see below.

-Steve

woodbri@carto:/usr/src$ sudo dpkg -i 
linux-image-2.6.15.20060107_2.6.15.20060107-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
Password:
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.15.20060107.
(Reading database ... 41199 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.15.20060107 (from 
linux-image-2.6.15.20060107_2.6.15.20060107-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb) ...
Done.
Setting up linux-image-2.6.15.20060107 (2.6.15.20060107-10.00.Custom) ...
Finding valid ramdisk creators.
Using mkinitrd.yaird to build the ramdisk.
yaird error: unknown kernel version: 2.6.15.20060107 (fatal)
mkinitrd.yaird failed to create initrd image.
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.15.20060107 (--install):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.15.20060107
woodbri@carto:/usr/src$ sudo dpkg -P linux-image-2.6.15.20060107
(Reading database ... 41349 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing linux-image-2.6.15.20060107 ...
Running postrm hook /sbin/update-grub .
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub .
Purging configuration files for linux-image-2.6.15.20060107 ...
Running postrm hook /sbin/update-grub .
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub .
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.15.20060107 (--purge):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 128
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.15.20060107



Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
> OK, I am making some progress ... I found this link and it seems pretty 
> clean and straight forward.
>
> http://www.dominik-epple.de/Sarge-Linux_2.6.14-yaird/
>
> and I have followed these steps except I'm using 2.6.15, ie:
>
> Backporting yaird, texi2html, make, kernel-package
>
> I spent all day going through menuconfig and follow an example config 
> file the Andrew sent me.
>
> But when I try to compile the kernel it looks like it thinks it should 
> be trying to cross compile. I'm wonder if it is somehow confused by the 
> packages I backported?
>
> $ fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=.20060107 kernel-image
>
> [snip]
>
> /usr/bin/make  EXTRAVERSION=.20060107  ARCH=x86_64 \
>                             CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-linux- bzImage
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.15'
>   CHK     include/linux/version.h
>   CC      scripts/mod/empty.o
>   HOSTCC  scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig
>   MKELF   scripts/mod/elfconfig.h
>   HOSTCC  scripts/mod/file2alias.o
>   HOSTCC  scripts/mod/modpost.o
>   HOSTCC  scripts/mod/sumversion.o
>   HOSTLD  scripts/mod/modpost
>   HOSTCC  scripts/kallsyms
>   HOSTCC  scripts/conmakehash
>   CC      init/main.o
>   CHK     include/linux/compile.h
>   UPD     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
>   LD      init/mounts.o
> /bin/sh: line 1: x86_64-linux-ld: command not found
> make[2]: *** [init/mounts.o] Error 127
> make[1]: *** [init] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.15'
> make: *** [debian/stamp-build-kernel] Error 2