Am Donnerstag, 6. Oktober 2005 06:53 schrieb KokHow Teh: > Hi; > I am new to this and I have some questions of "what's next?" after > having downloaded the latest kernel from kernel.org: > > (1) Since I am going to build the kernel for PPC platform and > architecture, running `make xconfig` won't bring up the right set of > configurations for your target but the default which is a generic X86 > architecture and platform. What is the usual step so that I will have the > configuration set for my target? I think of 2: > > (i) copy arch/ppc/configs/<foo>_defconfig to $SRC_BASE/.config; `make > xconfig` Don't copy anything, just do a make <foo>_config. Before that you have to do export CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_xxx-
> (ii) `make xconfig`; and inside the X-window, open the > arch/ppc/configs/<foo>_defconfig and save it for your architecture. > > I tried (ii) but after having opened the <foo>_defconfig, it is not > reflected at all in the X-window. It is still showing the default > configurations. > > (2) Ok, you have the kernel running on your PPC target. How about the > root file system? Where and how can I have/build a generic root file system > that works with kernels running from kernel.org? > > (3) Toolchain. What cross-toolchain is generally used to build the kernel > for your target? For PPC, I come across this > http://penguinppc.org/dev/crosstool.php... Is that popularly used to build > kernel from kernel.org for PPC architecture and platform? I'm using ELDK from www.denx.de and also a linuxppc_2_4_devel kernel from there. > > Thanks for any comment and insight. > > Regards, > TEH > > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
