Thanks. I finally got it working by correcting the instructions in the beaglebone/kernel git repository to use the right cross-compiler as you note below (though on branch 3.8 which my board is currently using; I wanted to do a minimal patch, not upgrade). I also finally got the Yocto build working for core-image-sato (core-image-minimal as shown in the instructions still fails). This seems to build a whole distribution, not just a kernel, and takes hours on my old machine. I may try to install that if my simple patch works.
On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 8:50:53 AM UTC-8, Michael Mullin wrote: > > I've had success following the readme of this git repo > > https://github.com/beagleboard/kernel/tree/3.12<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fbeagleboard%2Fkernel%2Ftree%2F3.12&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGjrOKuM8tR9puNdiPsSkPXQjJqmg> > > had to add the flag "CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi-" to the make command > > NOTE: I have had success building the official linux-stable and linus' > torvalds branch for the BBB. However I always run into a problem getting > the root file system mounted. applying the patches to these branches > caused a lot of problems for me. > > On Monday, November 25, 2013 4:57:46 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: >> >> I am not a newbie; I'm a professional programmer with many years of >> experience, mostly on Linux I have tried all day, but I cannot find >> anywhere on the web a set of complete, accurate, up-to-date, working >> instructions on how to build the Linux kernel for the BBB. The instructions >> on the beaglebone site point to sites that no longer exist. The >> instructions on the Yocto project site fail. So exactly how is it built? I >> have a small (about 20-line) change I need to make in one of the drivers >> (which I have tested on another machine), but otherwise I want exactly the >> same kernel that ships with the board. Is that possible, or is this simply >> in a broken state because of the transition to Yocto? >> >> -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
