Which repository to clone ?

From: free.amit.kumar@gmail.com (Amit Kumar)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Which repository to clone ?
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 04:53:11 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170202045311.GA2709@li620-105.members.linode.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170202032939.GA15022@li620-105.members.linode.com>

On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 03:29:39AM +0000, Amit Kumar wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 05:35:27AM +0530, srishti sharma wrote:
> > Also my compiler is saying things like , cyclomatic complexity
> > followed by (i think) the parts it is compiling like driver names .
> > Also it has been two hours since it started compiling and it isn't
> > done yet . Is it because I ran $make instead $make -jx ? It was by
> > mistake .
> My advice is that
> 1) Clone your repo using the link that I have sent to you.
> 2) You have said that you are an absolute beginner, so create your topic
> branch from upstream kernel master branch.
> 3)Last but not least, please read Linux Kernel In Nutshell(LKN)
> 
> If you want to complile for arm, an example,
> ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabli- make distclean
> ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabli- make omap2plus_defconfig
> ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabli- make zImage dtbs
Sorry, it is gnueabi. arm-linux-gnueabi- is prefix of arm gcc compiler
installed on your system.
> 
> This zImage can be run on BeagleBone Black.
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 5:28 AM, srishti sharma <srishtishar@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Thanks, I am running ubuntu 16.04 LTS
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 5:17 AM, Amit Kumar <free.amit.kumar@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 03:39:18AM +0530, srishti sharma wrote:
> > >>> Hey,
> > >>> I am an absolute newbie , I tried to clone greg kroah-hartman's
> > >>> staging tree repository , somehow I was not able to boot in the kernel
> > >>> I built .
> > >>>
> > >>> Also, Does this command below give me the latest kernel code ?
> > >>>
> > >>> I have tried to clone another repository using the command below
> > >>>
> > >>> git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> while building with this , I had to install gcc plugin-dev . I don't
> > >>> understand why ?
> > >>> I didn't have to do it last time I built the kernel
> > >> You may use this link,
> > >> https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-next.html
> > >> In summary, first you clone main upstream tree then add linux-next tree.
> > >> Whenever you want to create a patch, create a topic branch from the
> > >> latest next-* tag.
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >> Amit Kumar
> > >>>
> > >>> Regards
> > >>>
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