Re: Compiling Kernel 2.4.20
David Johnson wrote:
unixed unixed wrote:
2) compile by hand. (make config) (make dep) (make modules) (make
install_modules) (make vmlinux)
It compiles fine, no errors, but the image is larger, and SILO
complains that the image is too large (uncompressed image too large
for space). I’ve seen hints from other users on this list to use
bzImage to compress the file, but to me that looks like an x86 tool
only because it is not in the sparc64 directory space…
Hopefully someone out there can help me get passed this kernel build
problem… I would be tickled to learn –any- way to get past it.
As I understand it, compressing the image won't help at all since its
the uncompressed image it needs to work with.
You just need to include as little as possible in your kernel and as
much as possible as modules to get it below the size limit. 2.4 kernels
do tend to be a little bulky, you may well have to make do with a 2.2
kernel...
Ten minutes ago I had the same issue. I went through and modularized
everything I could (there wasn't much more I could modularize), rebuilt
the kernel, and then realized I'd never tried stripping the one that was
too big. :)
(That said, the kernel didn't run .. I'd be interested to know if anyone
has gotten 2.5.x to run on a Blade100. I'd like to debug/use the IPSec
stuff.)
Steve
dunham@cse.msu.edu
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Steve Dunham
http://www.cse.msu.edu/~dunham
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