Jun Sun <jsun@junsun.net> 于2019年5月20日周一 下午1:24写道:
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> I'm following instructions below to build mips64el qemu image.
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> https://blahcat.github.io/2017/07/14/building-a-debian-stretch-qemu-image-for-mipsel/
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> However, I failed to do so for various version with different reasons:
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> First off, I can't find Debian9.2 which was what the author used anymore (any pointers?)
> For current Debian9.9, I got an error at the end of installing base system, saying "there is no suitable kernel to install". Otherwise installation is fine. However, since there was no kernel installed, I can't find a suitable initrd to boot the image.
> I also tried other versions, such as buster, an old 2017 stretch, sid. They all fail pretty early on due to "No kernel module found" error. See full error message below.
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Ohh, I guess it is a bug of Debian installer, which cannot detect the
qemu host type.
Generally, you need to install 5kc-malta kernel flavor for mips64el,
and 4kc-malta for mipsel.
> Does anybody have a clue here? I'm especially worried about the failing in the latest buster release.
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I guess the bug is still existing for buster.
> BTW, in Debian8.11, there are no mips release at all, it seems. Are we dropping MIPS somehow?
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There are only LTS support for jessie now, and mips* is not in the LTS
arch list.
> Cheers.
>
> Jun
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