[Buildroot] an error in make ( no .config under kernel directory )

[Ulf Samuelsson <ulf@atmel.com>]

tor 2007-10-18 klockan 13:45 +0800 skrev Steven Woody:
> On 10/18/07, Hamish Moffatt <hamish@cloud.net.au> wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 09:50:51AM +0800, Steven Woody wrote:
> > > On 10/18/07, Hamish Moffatt <hamish@cloud.net.au> wrote:
> > > > > cp -dpRf package/config/buildroot-config
> > > > > /home/src/buildroot/project_build_arm/M501/buildroot-config
> > > > > cp -dpf  /home/src/buildroot/project_build_arm/M501/linux-2.6.22.10/.config
> > > > > ...
> > > > >
> > > > > and, i go to dl/M501/linux-2.6.22.10 directory and found no .config
> > > > > file.  what's wrong here?  the linux-2.6.10 kernel was downloaded in
> > > > > another computer and was put in dl directory.
> > > >
> > > > You have to specify the filename for your configuration file in "make
> > > > menuconfig" -> kernel.
> > >
> > > understood.  but where can i got a configureation file for the
> > > 2.6.22.10?  havn't buildroot supplied a default one suitable to
> > > embedded target for me?
> >
> > I don't think buildroot can supply a meaningful default configuration
> > file unless you are using one of the standard target boards found under
> > target/device (and none of them match an M501).
> >
> > So you need to make your own. It appears that "make linux26-menuconfig"
> > should launch the configuration editor for you.
> >
> > Hamish
> 
> thanks for the answer.
> 
> 1, when i type in `make linux26-menuconfig', an error i got:
> 
> [ -f /home/src/buildroot/project_build_arm/M501/linux-2.6.22.10/.config
> ] || cp  /home/src/buildroot/project_build_arm/M501/linux-2.6.22.10/.config
> cp: missing destination file operand after
> `/home/src/buildroot/project_build_arm/M501/linux-2.6.22.10/.config'
> 
> it seems it still need a .config under the linux-2.6.22.10 directory.
> 
> 2, my M501 is an ARM 922T, if buildroot did not provide a default
> kernel configuration for it, where can i get a similar one as a good
> startup?
> 

go to the linux directory and do

make ARCH=arm xconfig 

and set whatever options you want.

If you do not know what options you need to set, 
then you should ask your chip vendor for a file.


> thanks.
> 
> -
> woody
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