Re: Debian on Fuloong (was: porterboxes vs. qemu)
On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 19:11:46 +0100
Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> wrote:
> * Daniel Clark (dclark@pobox.com) [100207 17:04]:
> > On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Andreas Barth
> > <aba@not.so.argh.org> wrote:
> > > I'm now trying with an 2.6.31.6 heavily patched with the full set
> > > of options (only the -Wa-part didn't help to run it stable). If
> > > that doesn't work either, I have no idea myself anymore.
> >
> > You need to use Lemote's git repo for 2.6.32
> > -http://dev.lemote.com/code/rt4ls - I believe as of 2.6.33 all the
> > (important at least) changes have made it into mainline.
>
> I have tried it with an 2.6.33-rc7-kernel with these configs:
> http://alius.ayous.org/~aba/config-2.6.33-rc7-dsa-mipsel-lemote
> http://alius.ayous.org/~aba/config-2.6.33-rc7-dsa-mipsel-lemote.1
>
> This kernel ends at the moment where it displays the registers at the
> vga screen. I boot it with:
>
> ifaddr rtl0 ...
> load tftp://... no_auto_cmd
> g console=tty root=/dev/hda1 no_auto_cmd
>
> (I think at least in the first kernel I missed something obvious,
> namely the console. Could be the same issue with the second.)
>
>
>
> The machine works with the heavily patched 2.6.31 kernel (which has a
> few patches from lemote). However, with that kernel (built with both
> new binutils options, used as -Wa,.. and -Wl,...) the machine stops
> at always the same step while building binutils in a standard debian
> unstable chroot:
> make[3]: Entering directory
> `/build/buildd-binutils_2.20-5~mipselaba.1-mipsel-1AL2Gb/binutils-2.20/builddir-single/libiberty'
> if [ x"-fPIC" != x ] && [ ! -d pic ]; then \ mkdir pic; \
> else true; fi
> touch stamp-picdir
> if [ x"-fPIC" != x ]; then \
> gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -I.
> -I../../libiberty/../include -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wc++-compat
> -Wstrict-prototypes -pedantic -fPIC ../../libiberty/regex.c -o
> pic/regex.o; \ else true; fi
>
> (please see http://buildd.debian.org/ for a full "normal" build log -
> this is basically the first time gcc is called for real and not only
> to create config.*)
>
>
> For building any of the kernels, I used -mfix-loongson2f-nop and
> -mfix-loongson2f-jump, built with binutils patched with
> http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2009-11/msg00387.html .
>
> Do I need to use -mfix-ls2f-kernel from
> http://archlinux-for-loongson.googlegroups.com/web/binutils-2.19.1-loongson2f-3.patch
> as well? I understood it as that patch is already included in the
> newer binutils patch.
>
>
>
> BTW, If I have to choose, I'd prefer in getting some variant of 2.6.33
> running on the machine - the nearer to the linus tree the better. :)
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Andi
FYI, here's a .config I used on a yeeloong w/ 2.6.33-rc3:
http://dev.queued.net/~dilinger/yeeloong-2.6.33.config
Don't expect non-flaky wireless, though. :(
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