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To whom it may concern
I am currently working on my Thesis project where I have to set in operation a Linux distribution on a computer with an Xscale processor(IXC1100). I have been trying to build and compile a kernel that I can use (unfortunately I have failed). I am working on an i686 machine with debian installed.
The kernel that I have downloaded is the 2.6.8.1 kernel (supports the IXP4xx architecture - similar to IXC1100) I have also downloaded the 2.95.3 and 3.0 cross-compilers (have used both - same error)
I have unpacked the kernel in my home directory (/home/rani/kernel/linux-2.6.8.1) The cross compiler is in /usr/local/arm
I have changed the Makefile in the llinux-2.6.8.1 directory so that it looks like this
ARCH ?= arm CROSS_COMPILE ?= /usr/local/arm/3.0/bin/arm-linux- (I have also tried to add the compiler to the path and just write arm-linux-)
After that I do the "make menuconfig" and change the processor type to IXP4xx.
The thing is that when I try to "make" - I get the following error
debian:/home/rani/kernel/linux-2.6.8.1# make CHK include/linux/version.h SPLIT include/linux/autoconf.h -> include/config/* CC scripts/mod/empty.o Assembler messages: Error: Invalid processor variant -mcpu=xscale make[2]: *** [scripts/mod/empty.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [scripts/mod] Error 2 make: *** [scripts] Error 2
I am following the instructions as described, so I have no clue what I have done wrong.
I have also tried to patch the kernel with the patches found on the intel website for the ixp4xx processors, but I haven't been able to succeed in patching it.
debian:/home/rani/kernel/linux-2.6.8.1# patch -p1 < ../ixp400LinuxKernel-BE-1_2.patch can't find file to patch at input line 4 Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? The text leading up to this was: -------------------------- |diff -Naur old/arch/arm/config.in new/arch/arm/config.in |--- old/arch/arm/config.in 2004-10-12 17:30:07.000000000 +0100 |+++ new/arch/arm/config.in 2004-10-12 17:33:04.000000000 +0100 -------------------------- File to patch:
I am hoping that you can help me and would appreciate any help that I can get
thanks in advance
/Rani
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