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Ligthert
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 Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 4:27 pm Post subject: Compiling kernel fails on Sparc64/Ultra5 |
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Hi forum,
I have followed the manual to the letter to install Gentoo on my Ultra 5 , but...
The make of the kernel gives errors as it exits
| Quote: | | /usr/src/linux-2.49-spark/arch/sparc64/math-emu |
Once it starts the "ld -m elf64_sparc -T etcetc" command it errors and reveals the following error.
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drivers/net/net.o(.text+0x31dd4): In Function 'hp100_start_xmit';
: undefined reference to 'isa_memcpy_toio'
drivers/net/net.o(.text+0x31dfc): In Function 'hp100_start_xmit';
: undefined reference to 'isa_memset_io'
drivers/net/net.o(.text+0x32244): In Function 'hp100_rx';
: undefined reference to 'isa_memcpy_fromio'
drivers/net/net.o(.text+0x32290): In Function 'hp100_rx';
: undefined reference to 'isa_readl'
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(I am sorry I can't copy'n paste it all for you, my typing skills is the best I have got.)
But did anybody of you had similar experiances and do you have any hints and/or suggestions how to fix this error?
Thanks,
Sacha Ligthert |
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Ligthert
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| Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Removing the HP* drivers from compiling seemed to have fixed it. |
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ciaranm
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| Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Various weird "won't work in sparcs anyway" drivers will give you issues. Turn off anything you're not using. |
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GenTimJS
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| Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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A good general rule when compiling for a sparc box is to "start from scratch" somewhat with the kernel ...
overlooking seemingly innocent drivers, like some of the you-wont-need-it network stuff or firewire drivers or whatever, can cause a sparc kernel to fail compilation very quickly.
When I got my first sparc and threw gentoo at it, it took me about 5 or 6 passes through make menuconfig to finally get all the trash out and make the kernel build ok.
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oldan
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Joined: 11 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| GenTimJS wrote: | A good general rule when compiling for a sparc box is to "start from scratch" somewhat with the kernel ...
overlooking seemingly innocent drivers, like some of the you-wont-need-it network stuff or firewire drivers or whatever, can cause a sparc kernel to fail compilation very quickly.
When I got my first sparc and threw gentoo at it, it took me about 5 or 6 passes through make menuconfig to finally get all the trash out and make the kernel build ok. |
I want to second that, Ligthert, and suggest that you fall back and punt (if you're a football kind of guy) and use the sparc kernel sources first. I know they're 2.4.x but they work much more gooderly out of the box than trying to sparc-ize the 2.6 kernels. After getting my Ultra10 up and running 2.4.29, I spent three days going through the 2.6 menuconfig (well, not really three WHOLE days, but three evenings - as much as my lovely wife would allow) making sure I had deleted everything I didn't need and adding in only what I did need to get the first 2.6 kernel boot. Once I got it to boot the first time (what a pleasant surprise THAT was!), I went back through and added drivers and framebuffers one at a time so i could back out quickly if I made a teensy tiny mistake. 
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