Finaly, I could compile vmlinux. I thought of booting this RAM image using the on board Redboot.
For which I needed a serial com utility ( like the windows Hyperterminal). I tried minicom & configured for /dev/ttyS1 & 115200 bauds & no hardware handshaking (PC has a COM1 port). Nothing seems to work. Can any one suggest a method to debug this issue? Or any other utility.
Thanks, -Mike.
From: "Michael Anburaj" <michaelanburaj@hotmail.com> To: ralf@linux-mips.org, kaos@sgi.com CC: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Linux for MIPS Atlas 4Kc board -problems :( Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 19:54:07 -0700
Hi Ralph,
More info.
For the most part it looks like its building. But source files of some of the drivers are failing. Like for instance NVRAM ( nvram.c ), some file system files & some video driver files.
A friend of mine said this. ?Do menuconfig & select the appropriate board option (for me it is MIPS Atlas 4Kc). And you don?t have to worry about all the other options (like the file systems, & device drivers) ? At least to get it to build initially?. Is that statement right? What he meant was, when you select a board the remaining things get customized automatically according to the board option. So, if I selected Atlas 4Kc board then only the drivers, file systems & other modules relevant to Atlas 4Kc would get enabled for the build to follow. Is that right?
If that?s true, then I shouldn?t face these many number of errors when building FS & device driver modules.
To work around this, each time I see an error, I do ?$ make ARCH=mips menuconfig?, go find the option corresponding to the module & disable it. So that those files never get built & then the build progresses a bit before it break again. I am yet to complete this activity (probably today after work & this weekend I will do this). Do you think it?s best way to go about this?
Thanks & Cheers, -Mike.
From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> To: Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com> CC: Michael Anburaj <michaelanburaj@hotmail.com>,linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Linux for MIPS Atlas 4Kc board -problems :( Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 03:09:34 +0200
On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 02:18:13PM +1000, Keith Owens wrote:
> You have to specify ARCH=mips on _all_ make commands, not just make > *config. Do 'make ARCH=mips' for the second one.
In the MIPS kernel source I've hardwired ARCH=mips. He'd either have to pass something like CROSS_COMPILE=mips-linux- or set the config option CONFIG_CROSSCOMPILE.
Ralf
_________________________________________________________________
The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
_________________________________________________________________
Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
