How to build a kernel for the malta board?

How to build a kernel for the malta board?

[Shuanglin Wang]

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Hi everyone,

I want to compile Linux Kernel (2.4.3) for a Malta board.  I downloaded
both MIPS Linux distribution and cross-compiler tools. Now, the problem
is how to configure the Linux kernel  for malta boards.

Thanks in advance.

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Shuanglin Wang
Atmel Multimedia & Communications
3800 Gateway Centre, Suite 311
Morrisville, NC 27560



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Re: How to build a kernel for the malta board?

[Lars Munch Christensen]

On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 11:11:10AM -0500, Shuanglin Wang wrote:
> I want to compile Linux Kernel (2.4.3) for a Malta board.  I downloaded
> both MIPS Linux distribution and cross-compiler tools. Now, the problem
> is how to configure the Linux kernel  for malta boards.

If you got the kernel from the MIPS ftp site, you will see a
file called .config.malta in the root of the source tree. This
is a good starting point for configuring the kernel for the Malta 
board.

Regards
-- Lars Munch  

Re: How to build a kernel for the malta board?

[Andrew Thornton]

Shuanglin,

This is what I did.

Download the Linux kernel source from the MIPS ftp site and extract it on
the development host:

 % tar -xzf linux-2.4.3.mips-src-01.00.tar.gz
 % cd linux-2.4.3

I patched this kernel to make the FPU emulator more reliable using patches
from this list's archive.

Setup the configuration file:

 % cp .config.malta .config
 % chmod +w .config

For little endian mode, edit this file changing the line:

 # CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN is not set
to:
 CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y

Setup the make file:

 % chmod +w Makefile

Edit this file changing the line:

 CROSS_COMPILE   =
to:
 CROSS_COMPILE   = mipsel-linux-

Build and install the kernel:

 % make oldconfig
 % make dep
 % make

To use TFTP to boot the kernel:

 % mipsel-linux-objcopy -O srec vmlinux vmlinux.srec
 % cp vmlinux.srec /tftpboot/mipsel-2.4.3

Andrew Thornton

Re: How to build a kernel for the malta board?

[Andrew Thornton]

Shuanglin,

This is what I did.

Download the Linux kernel source from the MIPS ftp site and extract it on
the development host:

 % tar -xzf linux-2.4.3.mips-src-01.00.tar.gz
 % cd linux-2.4.3

I patched this kernel to make the FPU emulator more reliable using patches
from this list's archive.

Setup the configuration file:

 % cp .config.malta .config
 % chmod +w .config

For little endian mode, edit this file changing the line:

 # CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN is not set
to:
 CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y

Setup the make file:

 % chmod +w Makefile

Edit this file changing the line:

 CROSS_COMPILE   =
to:
 CROSS_COMPILE   = mipsel-linux-

Build and install the kernel:

 % make oldconfig
 % make dep
 % make

To use TFTP to boot the kernel:

 % mipsel-linux-objcopy -O srec vmlinux vmlinux.srec
 % cp vmlinux.srec /tftpboot/mipsel-2.4.3

Andrew Thornton