Re: how to get an elf system from the 2.0.35 redhat installation?

[Russell King - ARM Linux Admin]

Peter Teichmann writes:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>           Philip Blundell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Have you installed a version of insmod that understands ELF files?
> 
> Where from? I tried to compile 2.1.121 by myself, but I need to do it with
> the new kernel. But the assembler complained about gccs output which looked
> for example like this:
> 
> .stabs "void:t19=19",128,0,0,0
> - - - ident $Id: sys_cm.c,v 1.1 1997/09/10 22:22:37 rth Exp $
> .stabs "__long_double_t:t14",128,0,118,0

This looks like old GCC which doesn't know about ELF.  Please upgrade your GCC
to 2.8.1 or EGCS.

> Why don't you put some more recent modutils on ftp.arm.linux.org uk as you
> certainly have one?

Probably because that's not Phil's site!  He doesn't have access to that site
(whereas I do).

> But I do not know whether this is my REAL PROBLEM, as etherh did NOT work
> when compiled into the kernel. Booting the kernel went to this line and did
> not get any further when etherh support was compiled into the kernel:
> 
> eth0: etherh 600A found at 8000ae00, IRQ11, ether address ...

Which patches did you apply to the stock kernel from Linus?

> > Sounds like you may need to update your pty devices.  See the kernel 
> > documentation.
> 
> Why don't you put an actual MAKEDEV on ftp.arm.linux.org.uk? I am relative
> sure you have one.

See above, plus, I don't have a later MAKEDEV script (yet).

> That is the question at all: Why is there only those
> old a.out rubbish there? If you really want to use the arm linux (as
> I want) you do not get very far with that. And before people like me who
> only want to use linux and have not so much knowledge about the internals
> do not manage the step from 2.0.35 a.out to 2.2.X elf all the nice patches
> and developments of you guys out there are not very helpful.

Yes, thank you.  The a.out is not rubbish, but as far as I know it's still to
this date the only stuff that does work on the RiscPC.  When there is a later
stable distribution (debian maybe), then it'll get updated.

> Why don't you provide 2.2.X kernels for the RiscPC/A7000/...? It would be
> much easier to upgrade to elf then!

There is a RiscPC kernel there, but it is an old one.  I'm trying to pull
away from doing distributions, since they take up too much of my time that
I just don't have anymore.  However, since I build for each release a
A5000, RiscPC, EBSA110 and EBSA285+Netwinder kernel, I could upload those
I suppose, with their respective modules.
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