Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to build a 2.6.11 kernel with Bob Breuer's sparc32 SMP > patch[0] for a bi-processor SS20 (currently running a 2.4 SMP kernel). 2.6.11? You shouldn't need to go back that far. The patch in the message you referenced was for 2.6.14, and also works for 2.6.15. As long as you don't enable spinlock debugging, you will never get the lock errors. > I'm having a hard time trying to figure out an appropriate build > configuration such that the resulting kernel image is small enough > (i.e., avoiding the "uncompressed image too long" message at boot time). > > Does anyone have an appropriate `.config' that may be posted? > It's nearly a requirement for the kernel to be stripped before silo will load it. Try using "strip arch/sparc/boot/image -o /boot/vmlinux" to copy and strip the kernel in one step. Bob > [0] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.sparc/5650/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
