On Tue, 23 Feb, Russell King - ARM Linux Admin wrote:
> John Ballance writes:
> > I always get this invalid compressed data message
>
> I'm thinking that this is a problem with the compiler or binutils. My
> kernels
are OK, and if I send my kernel to someone with this problem, they have no
> problems with my zImage.
indeed.. but what??.. i've built egcs1.1 and binutils 2.9.0.15 (or whatever),
as pointed to by phil b.. compiled as suggested.. no go
>
> > n.b. is there a good reason why a kernel patchad for armlinux will
> nolonger
> compile for i386 without error?
>
> What is the error?
do I understand that this means you have to 'unpatch' a tree before
compiling i386?.. if so mea culpa
I had 'naively' assumed that I could just reconfigure the tree to or from arm
and
recompile (make menuconfig...)
>
> > surely it would be wise to put the patches in using version switched
> > conditionals, rather than (apparently) wholesale change.. a merge to
> > the full linux tree would then take account of most (i presume) kernel
> > upissuing matters...
>
> I take care of the patches - patching a kernel is not a one-way affair -
> so long as you have the original patch around, it's easy to remove it.
> conditionals would just make a mess of everything and make it unreadable.
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