RE: SS4000E Kernel v3.4 Config
For my experiments with building a new 2.5.32.5 kernel for the ss4000e I've
been using the initrd.gz from the latest ss4000e build at
http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/armel/. I now think that initrd needs to
be rebuilt specifically for each kernel version. After getting to the point
in d-I where the 'no kernel modules found' error occurs, I go back and open
a d-I shell and see that the modules are at /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-iop32x/...
and this same path is of course in the initrd when I extract the initrd
files to a temporary directory with cpio. The version number of the kernel I
built (shell uname -a) is 2.6.32.5 so it's not surprising that d-I fails to
load any modules. Even adding -iop32x to the kernel version string in
menuconfig can't fix this (-5 not .5).
Does this seem like a correct conclusion that initrd must be rebuilt for
each kernel version?
This would also explain why the n/w card wasn't found if the e1000 driver is
set as a module but was found if set as built-in.
I guess there must be a build script for initrd.gz and zImage that are at
http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/armel/daily/iop32x/netboot/ss4000e/ which
I could use? But I failed to find it.
CJW
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Wilkinson [mailto:kinsham@verizon.net]
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 1:50 PM
To: 'Arnaud Patard (Rtp)'; 'JF Straeten'
Cc: debian-arm@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: SS4000E Kernel v3.4 Config
At the download installer components step, d-i halts with the error 'no
kernel modules found' which I think is fatal.
The same symptoms/error occurs for both 2.6.32.5 and 3.4 sources from
ftp.kernel.org.
I'm not sure where to go next? Any suggestions are hoped for.
Set n/w card e1000 driver to built-in
Patched zImage with the machine number patch (per Arnaud) $ ( devio 'wl
0xe3a01c04,4' 'wl 0xe38110bc,4'; cat zImage ) > zImage.ss4000e and then used
zImage.ss4000e
## prepends 8 bytes machine code to set right machine number
zImage.ss4000e size is then 1492880 (for 3.4)
n/w card is detected
DHCP succeeds
No kernel modules error
Opened shell in d-i
$ uname -a
$ Linux new-host 3.4.0 #2 Tue Aug 7 12:49:41 EDT 2012 armv5tel GNU/Linux
Last few lines of /var/log/syslog are
Aug 9 17:59:33 main-menu[185]: INFO: Menu item 'netcfg' selected
Aug 9 17:59:35 kernel: [ 29.851890] e1000: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps
Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
Aug 9 17:59:38 udhcpc: Got IP 192.168.1.155 (using eth0) and routing
through 192.168.1.1 Aug 9 17:59:40 netcfg[769]: INFO: DHCP hostname:
"new-host"
Aug 9 18:00:02 netcfg[769]: INFO: Detected eth0 as a hotpluggable device
Aug 9 18:00:02 main-menu[185]: (process:768): udhcpc (v1.17.1) started Aug
9 18:00:02 main-menu[185]: (process:768): Sending discover...
Aug 9 18:00:02 main-menu[185]: (process:768): Sending discover...
Aug 9 18:00:02 main-menu[185]: (process:768): Sending select for
192.168.1.155...
Aug 9 18:00:02 main-menu[185]: (process:768): Lease of 192.168.1.155
obtained, lease time 86400 Aug 9 18:00:02 main-menu[185]: DEBUG: resolver
(libc6-udeb): package doesn't exist (ignored) Aug 9 18:00:02
main-menu[185]: DEBUG: resolver (libgcc1): package doesn't exist (ignored)
Aug 9 18:00:02 main-menu[185]: INFO: Menu item 'choose-mirror' selected Aug
9 18:00:03 anna-install: Queueing udeb apt-mirror-setup for later
installation Aug 9 18:00:07 choose-mirror[833]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian//dists/oldstable/Release -O - | grep -E
'^(Suite|Codename):'
Aug 9 18:00:07 choose-mirror[833]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian//dists/stable/Release -O - | grep -E
'^(Suite|Codename):'
Aug 9 18:00:09 choose-mirror[833]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian//dists/squeeze/Release -O - | grep -E
'^(Suite|Codename):'
Aug 9 18:00:10 choose-mirror[833]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian//dists/testing/Release -O - | grep -E
'^(Suite|Codename):'
Aug 9 18:00:12 choose-mirror[833]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian//dists/wheezy/Release -O - | grep -E
'^(Suite|Codename):'
Aug 9 18:00:14 choose-mirror[833]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian//dists/unstable/Release -O - | grep -E
'^(Suite|Codename):'
Aug 9 18:00:15 choose-mirror[833]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian//dists/sid/Release -O - | grep -E
'^(Suite|Codename):'
Aug 9 18:00:17 choose-mirror[833]: INFO: suite/codename set to:
stable/squeeze
Aug 9 18:00:17 choose-mirror[833]: DEBUG: command: wget -q
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian//dists/squeeze/main/binary-armel/Release
-O - | grep ^Architecture:
Aug 9 18:00:18 anna-install: Queueing udeb squeeze-support for later
installation Aug 9 18:00:18 main-menu[185]: (process:826): wget: server
returned error:
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Aug 9 18:00:18 main-menu[185]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6-udeb): package
doesn't exist (ignored) Aug 9 18:00:18 main-menu[185]: DEBUG: resolver
(libgcc1): package doesn't exist (ignored) Aug 9 18:00:18 main-menu[185]:
INFO: Menu item 'download-installer'
selected
Aug 9 18:00:20 net-retriever: gpgv:
Aug 9 18:00:20 net-retriever: WARNING: multiple signatures detected. Only
the first will be checked.
Aug 9 18:00:20 net-retriever: gpgv:
Aug 9 18:00:20 net-retriever: Signature made Sat May 12 12:08:13 2012 UTC
using RSA key ID 473041FA Aug 9 18:00:20 net-retriever: gpgv:
Aug 9 18:00:20 net-retriever: Good signature from "Debian Archive Automatic
Signing Key (6.0/squeeze) <ftpmaster@debian.org>"
Aug 9 18:00:20 net-retriever:
Aug 9 18:00:23 anna[887]: WARNING **: no packages matching running kernel
3.4.0 in archive
Aug 9 18:30:25 main-menu[185]: INFO: Menu item 'download-installer'
succeeded but requested to be left unconfigured.
Aug 9 18:30:25 main-menu[185]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6-udeb): package
doesn't exist (ignored) Aug 9 18:30:25 main-menu[185]: DEBUG: resolver
(libgcc1): package doesn't exist (ignored) Aug 9 18:30:36 main-menu[185]:
INFO: Menu item 'di-utils-shell' selected ~ #
CJW
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Wilkinson [mailto:kinsham@verizon.net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 1:44 PM
To: 'Arnaud Patard (Rtp)'
Cc: debian-arm@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: SS4000E Kernel v3.4 Config
I had tried that before but to be sure tried again.
Setting the e1000 driver to built-in instead of module and rebuild. 1.5M
still.
N/w card is detected this time but DHCP ip acquisition fails, so that's a
step forward I guess. I know DHCP is available from the n/w because 2.6.32
worked OK and other machines get it.
Continued to configure n/w manually with an IP, GW, DNS etc. This fails to
retrieve files from the Deb archive mirror, so the n/w is apparently not
functioning really.
CJW
-----Original Message-----
From: Arnaud Patard (Rtp) [mailto:arnaud.patard@rtp-net.org]
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 12:12 PM
To: Chris Wilkinson
Cc: debian-arm@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: SS4000E Kernel v3.4 Config
"Chris Wilkinson" <kinsham@verizon.net> writes:
> Continuing this quest to move my kernel to 3.4 so I can use Arnaud's
> LED patches. This problem with v3.4 kernel failing to detect the
> network card seems to be inherent in 3.4.
>
> Latest attempt was to install using the daily-images
> http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/armel/daily/iop32x/netboot/ss4000e/.
This
> results in kernel v2.6.32.5 which detects the n/w card fine, d-i
> completes and it boots no problem. From the boot trace, the n/w driver
> used is
>
> [ 13.750000] e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network
> Connection
>
> CONFIG_E1000 is the flag in kernel .config.
>
> I then copied config-2.6.32-5-iop32x that was put in /boot to
> configure
the
> 3.4 kernel without any of Arnaud's patches. This builds fine and
> yields a zImage of 1.5MB but also fails to detect the n/w card. It's
> also the same using the _defconfig extracted from the deb at
>
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-3.2.0-3-iop32x
> _3.2.23-1_armel.deb
>
> I used the initrd.gz from the daily-images. I wonder if this is the
problem?
the network driver is in module so you need to find a way to load it while
installing with d-i. Given that the zImage size is 1.5MB, maybe you can try
putting the ethernet driver built-in instead of module to workaround that ?
Arnaud
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