You can also build a ppc405 toolchain using Crosstool, and it works fine.. http://kegel.com/crosstool
Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] labs.org] On Behalf Of Wolfgang Reissnegger > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 2:33 PM > To: Thomas Gerlach > Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org > Subject: Re: Newbie on embedded linux on PPC: error: cannot > find boot.o > > Hi Thomas, > > Xilinx is building the tools in the EDK to work with VxWorks > and for Standalone systems. In order to compile a Linux > kernel you need to get a toolchain from one of the Third > Party vendors, such as MontaVista. They have the correct > linker scripts for building a kernel. > > Cheers, > Wolfgang > > Thomas Gerlach wrote: > > hi folks, > > > > > > my name is thomas trying to make embedded linux run on a > powerpc, but > > we've got special boards here, although we use a xilinx virtex4 > > fpga... > > > > as you said in the nabble-thread (see subject), i set up edk9.1 > > software platform settings und ran libgen to get the xparameters* > > files. i copied those bsp files into the kernel tree (i use your > > kernel linux-2.6-virtex from git.secretlabs.ca/git). after > > configuring the kernel settigs, i try > > > > $ make ARCH=ppc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-eabi- > > > > what i get is the following output: > > > >> CHK include/linux/version.h > >> CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h > >> CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh > >> CHK include/linux/compile.h > >> LD init/mounts.o > >> powerpc-eabi-ld: cannot find boot.o > >> make[1]: *** [init/mounts.o] Error 1 > >> make: *** [init] Error 2 > > > > so, i searched for boot.o (it exists) and even copied it > into several > > dirs of the linux kernel tree (where i thought i would make sense), > > but the problem still remains. > > > > googling results in > > > > > http://www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xil_ans_display.jsp?iLanguageID=1&g etPagePath=17462&BV_SessionID=@@@@1197140711.1188909240> @@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgaddllgmfkflcefeceihdffhdfkf.0 > > > > > > and this, too, doesn't take me further in solving the problem. > > > > i hope you can help me. > > > > many thanks in advance, > > > > kind regards > > thomas gerlach > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > > Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org > > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded > > _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
