[Aurora-sparc-devel] Building a kernel

[IT3 Stuart Blake Tener, USN]

Aurora Developers:

First thing I wanted to do was build a custom kernel, yet, I had no kernel
source code installed when my installation finished. I am not sure what
group of packages I didn't install to end up in that situation, but I do
have the gcc compiler and other developer tools installed.

(1) What RPMs are required to have all the things requisite to build a
kernel on Aurora?

Thinking I had installed the proper single RPM for giving me kernel source
the process started to move forward. So, I "did the right thing" and went
and saved the original ".config" file, and started to create my own custom
.config file for my kernel using the make menuconfig command.

Next I did a make clean
Then I did a make

Then I saw the following:

[root at e450lx 2.6.13-1.1603sp8-smp-sparc64]# pwd
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.13-1.1603sp8-smp-sparc64
[root at e450lx 2.6.13-1.1603sp8-smp-sparc64]# make clean
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.13-1.1603sp8-smp-sparc64/fs/hostfs/Makefile:11:
arch/um/scripts/Makefile.rules: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** No rule to make target `arch/um/scripts/Makefile.rules'.  Stop.
make[1]: *** [fs/hostfs] Error 2
make: *** [_clean_fs] Error 2
[root at e450lx 2.6.13-1.1603sp8-smp-sparc64]# make
  CHK     include/linux/version.h
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `init/main.o', needed by
`init/built-in.o'.  Stop.
make: *** [init] Error 2
[root at e450lx 2.6.13-1.1603sp8-smp-sparc64]# uname -a
Linux e450lx 2.6.13-1.1603sp8smp #1 SMP Tue Nov 15 10:36:20 EST 2005 sparc64
sparc64 sparc64 GNU/Linux
[root at e450lx 2.6.13-1.1603sp8-smp-sparc64]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
cpu             : TI UltraSparc II  (BlackBird)
fpu             : UltraSparc II integrated FPU
promlib         : Version 3 Revision 30
prom            : 3.30.0
type            : sun4u
ncpus probed    : 4
ncpus active    : 4
D$ parity tl1   : 0
I$ parity tl1   : 0
Cpu0Bogo        : 494.59
Cpu0ClkTck      : 000000000ec82e00
Cpu1Bogo        : 494.59
Cpu1ClkTck      : 000000000ec82e00
Cpu2Bogo        : 494.59
Cpu2ClkTck      : 000000000ec82e00
Cpu3Bogo        : 494.59
Cpu3ClkTck      : 000000000ec82e00
MMU Type        : Spitfire
State:
CPU0:           online
CPU1:           online
CPU2:           online
CPU3:           online
[root at e450lx 2.6.13-1.1603sp8-smp-sparc64]#

(2) What is required if I wish to patch up a stock kernel (2.6.latest..) to
work?

I posted a message to the user list indicating that I wanted to get this
NewEgg card working which is a 1394/USB/ATA card, though I have not yet
purchased or tried that card yet, as I cant even build a regular kernel to
support the hardware I have now (a basic E450 with only an ATI video card in
it).

 

-- 

Stuart