Compiling custom Cobalt kernels -- problems

["David W. Robinson" <dwrob@oneeyedman.net>]

I am trying to get to compile my own Cobalt kernels with little
success as yet.
for one thing, there appears to be a problem with the development
tools. Using

dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -rfakeroot -b

I get aborted compiles complaining that strip has failed:

...
touch build-stamp
 fakeroot debian/rules binary
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
dh_clean -k
dh_installdirs -pmips-tools
# install files for mips-tools package
install -s build-tmp/kernel-source-2.4.27/arch/mips/boot/elf2ecoff
debian/mips-tools/usr/bin
install: strip failed
make: *** [install] Error 1

This is Sarge, and mips-tools is installed.

I am also unclear about how you use the dpkg-buildpackage script to
build a kernel with a custom .config. What are the steps involved in
doing both a menuconfig (one that takes the kernel patches into
account) and then a kernel compile using dpkg-buildpackage? I have
built plenty of kernels in the past, but only on i386 and only a
couple of times using the Debian Way (i.e., make-kpkg) so I would
appreciate some tips on using these tools. I would like to test and
report on a number of hardware possibilities for the Qube PCI slot,
but I am stuck at the beginning.

Any and all help is much appreciated.

Thanks,

David Robinson



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