On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 08:51:28PM -0700, Jeff Wyman wrote: > Hi folks, > > Before I start off, I'll make two things clear > - I'm an idiot :) > - I haven't worked with Linux in a couple of years, but I HAVE re-read > the docs > > Anyhow, I have a SPARCstation 5/110 running potato. I was previously using > NetBSD, but decided to install Linux as well when I obtained a TCX > (NetBSD's tcx and sx support is nil for 24-bit). I'm not going to use > Solaris just for 24-bit video. > > I grabbed the 2.2.19 sources, trimmed down the config, and did a "make > dep" and "make vmlinux" as shown by the docs. The problem comes whenever I > try to boot a kernel. I enter the kernel name at the "SILO boot:" prompt, > and after SILO attempts to load my custom kernel, it craps out after > loading the image with a message "fatal error: can't read loadable segment > in your ELF image". I searched a couple of SPARC-related mailing-lists, > and I've noticed a common theme of the kernel which fails with this error > being identified by file as a "32-bit ELF relocatable, not stripped", > while working kernels are identified as "32-bit ELF executable, statically > linked, stripped". My kernel falls into the former category, and a vain > attempt to strip the kernel didn't help at all. > > What exactly am I doing wrong here? Why is my kernel being built > dynamically, not-stripped, and as a "relocatble"? It boggles my mind...
What exactly are you copying from the source tree to vmlinux? Sounds to me like you are copying an object file rather than the kernel. -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
