From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [130.89.2.9] (helo=smtp.utwente.nl) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JE4sn-0006Io-NZ for openembedded-devel@openembedded.org; Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:36:21 +0100 Received: from Powerbook-2.local (vpn006012.vpn.utwente.nl [130.89.6.12]) by smtp.utwente.nl (8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id m0DFZqfr015460 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:35:52 +0100 Message-ID: <478A2FD8.5060103@student.utwente.nl> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:35:52 +0100 From: Koen Kooi User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions References: <200801131718.55872.risto@wapice.com> In-Reply-To: <200801131718.55872.risto@wapice.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 X-UTwente-MailScanner-Information: Scanned by MailScanner. Contact servicedesk@icts.utwente.nl for more information. X-UTwente-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-UTwente-MailScanner-From: k.kooi@student.utwente.nl X-Spam-Status: No Subject: Re: large uImage size X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:36:21 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Risto Pajula schreef: | Hello. | | I am getting very large kernel image size (~4,5 MB) when using the | cross-compiler built with a recent version of openembedded. Normal kernel | image size is around 1,5 MB. The large kernel image size only happens when | building the kernel outside the openembedded build environment, when building | with the normal OE build (bitbake minimal-image) the resulting kernel image | size is normal. | | This has however changed in some point of OE development. If I use an old OE | snapshot and build the crosscompiler with it the resulting kernel image even | when building outside OE environment is normal. (Both however use gcc 4.1.2). | | I have tried to figure what is different in the environment when building the | kernel within OE and outside it but any of the environment variables and etc. | have not solved the problem. | | Does anybody know any changes in the OE which could cause this different | behaviour in the gcc cross-compiler built with it? http://www.openembedded.org/repo/org.openembedded.dev/packages/linux/linux-2.6.23/binutils-buildid-arm.patch | | Machine: at91sam9263-ek. | The kernel compilation ouside OE: | make ARCH=arm | CROSS_COMPILE=/PATH_TO_OE_BUILD_DIR/tmp/cross/bin/arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi- | uImage | | I want to build the development kernel outside of openembedded framewok for | various reasons any valid reasons? - -- koen@dominion.kabel.utwente.nl will go go away in december 2007, please use k.kooi@student.utwente.nl instead. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFHii/YMkyGM64RGpERAnUCAJ9SiBslj6zIdKOC1v8FapxmyPNi+gCgqJDP zLSyPC/dzhhoh3KULKcA/Hw= =V0yR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----