Re: 2.6.16 kernel build errors
Eddy PetriXor wrote:
> On 3/29/06, Adam Done <emlists@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I have been reading on the list of those who can't boot from their
>>2.6.16 kernel but I have not seen anyone else who are having build
>>issues such as I. I have been trying and trying with many dif
>>configurations and still come up with the same results. It looks like
>>they are related to the errors other have been having with booting and
>>sound issues. For my errors, they occur in the build process right
>>after sound modules.
>>
>><snip>
>>INSTALL sound/core/oss/snd-mixer-oss.ko
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>
> This is Debian, have you tried make-kpkg?
Yes.
This is what I have been using over the years...
1. make-kpkg clean #if a previous compile has been done
2. make xconfig
3. select kernel modules
4. make-kpkg --append-to-version [kernel version] kernel_image
or make-kpkg --append-to-version [kernel version] -rev Custom.1 kernel_image
5. make-kpkg modules_image --append-to-version [kernel version]
or make-kpkg modules_image --append-to-version [kernel version] -rev Custom.1
6. cd ..
7. dpkg -i kernel-image-[...]
or Install kernel on destination box
I have had a kernel in the past which would not finish building which ended up the same way and I just had to touch a file which the make process was not doing and it finished compiling but this time I tried that and the kernel did not even boot past yaboot in the initial screen showing the kernel name and before the actual kernel booting up.
This is what I have done.
# make-kpkg --append-to-version .ppc-pb1 -rev Custom.1 kernel_image
or
# make-kpkg --append-to-version .ppc-pb1 kernel_image
This is using the vanilla kernel from kernel.org and using 'make oldconfig' from my last working kernel. I have even downloaded the kernel config from http://www.ppckernel.org/specialized.php and preformed a 'make oldconfig' from the powerbook config and I still get the same issue. Sadly, they all return the same results.
The only conclusion I can come up with is that something is amiss in the vanilla kernel that is not agreeing with me.
If there is a specific place to download the newest PPC kernel tree I don't know of yet?
I have a standard box I compile all my Debian kernels which is a 800Hz G4 running Ubuntu and then the kernels are distributed out from there.
-Adam
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