[Buildroot] [PATCHv3 0/6] Add some support for device tree kernels

[Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>]

Hi Fabio,

Thanks for the reporting.

Le 27/07/2012 18:06, Fabio Porcedda a ?crit :
> Hi Maxime,
> thanks for the work, this feature it's very useful for me,
> i tried your patches and i tried to build a kernel for arm, but it
> failed to build it,
> this is the tail of the output log:
> 
> cat /home/fabiopo/porting-pro3/ge863-pro3-linux-3.6/buildroot-dt/output/build/linux-3.5/arch/arm/boot/zImage
> /home/fabiopo/porting-pro3/ge863-pro3-linux-3.6/buildroot-dt/output/build/linux-3.5/arch/arm/boot/"usb_a9260".dtb
>> /home/fabiopo/porting-pro3/ge863-pro3-linux-3.6/buildroot-dt/output/build/linux-3.5/arch/arm/boot/zImage_dtb
> mv /home/fabiopo/porting-pro3/ge863-pro3-linux-3.6/buildroot-dt/output/build/linux-3.5/arch/arm/boot/zImage_dtb
> /home/fabiopo/porting-pro3/ge863-pro3-linux-3.6/buildroot-dt/output/build/linux-3.5/arch/arm/boot/zImage
> # We need to generate a new u-boot image that takes into
> # account the extra-size added by the device tree at the end
> # of the image. To do so, we first need to retrieve both load
> # address and entry point for the kernel from the already
> # generate uboot image before using mkimage -l.
> LOAD=` -l /home/fabiopo/porting-pro3/ge863-pro3-linux-3.6/buildroot-dt/output/build/linux-3.5/arch/arm/boot/uImage
> | sed -n 's/Load Address: \([0-9]*\)/\1/p'`; ENTRY=` -l
> /home/fabiopo/porting-pro3/ge863-pro3-linux-3.6/buildroot-dt/output/build/linux-3.5/arch/arm/boot/uImage
> | sed -n 's/Entry Point: \([0-9]*\)/\1/p'`;  -A arm -O linux -T kernel
> -C none -a ${LOAD} -e ${ENTRY} -n 'Linux Buildroot' -d
> /home/fabiopo/porting-pro3/ge863-pro3-linux-3.6/buildroot-dt/output/build/linux-3.5/arch/arm/boot/zImage
> /home/fabiopo/porting-pro3/ge863-pro3-linux-3.6/buildroot-dt/output/build/linux-3.5/arch/arm/boot/uImage
> /bin/bash: -l: command not found
> /bin/bash: -l: command not found
> /bin/bash: -A: command not found
> make: *** [/home/fabiopo/porting-pro3/ge863-pro3-linux-3.6/buildroot-dt/output/build/linux-3.5/.stamp_built]
> Error 127
> 
> 
> I've applied your patches on top of the commit
> fd08153b9d677d654add6c580b9ccc5c27d672e2,
> 
> My defconfig is:
> BR2_arm=y
> BR2_arm926t=y
> BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
> BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
> BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
> BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.5"
> BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="at91_dt"
> BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="usb_a9260"
> BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_APPENDED_UIMAGE=y

I have seen no such bugs during my testing, but can you try with the
attached patch?

I've only discovered this simplification of the code recently and didn't
take the time to submit a patch for it, I guess I have the opportunity
now :)

Thanks,
Maxime
-- 
Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons
Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux
development, consulting, training and support.
http://free-electrons.com
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