Re: debain mkimage for kernel uimage

[Junior <ejr@inbox.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wookey@aleph1.co.uk
> Sent: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 18:35:25 +0100
> To: debian-embedded@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: debain mkimage for kernel uimage
> 
> On 06-07-27 07:42 -0800, Junior wrote:
>> Does anyone know which debain package has the mkimage tool to make
>> uImage kernel image?
>> I tried jigit but that didn't work as it seem to have different options.
> 
> That's a different mkimage. - it makes jigdo images
> mkimage come with uboot. There doesn't seem to be a debian package for
> it. Download uboot sources and built it.
> 
> The kernel tree does have a target for using it, but you need
> to supply a copy of mkimage somewhere on the search path.
> 

Thanks,
I was hoping that wouldn't be necessary but I guess so. Done.

Although I build uboot with the same tools I use to build the kernel, I'm wondering if it's necessary to do so. I mean, I have tools for uClibc and glibc, I guess I'll have to build it for each correct?