mtd/utils automake attic?

mtd/utils automake attic?

[David Wuertele]

I'm trying to compile the utils directory following the automake
instructions, but there seem to be files missing in my version of
CVS:  

  automake: `configure.ac' or `configure.in' is required
  automake: configure.in: required file `./install-sh' not found
  automake: configure.in: required file `./missing' not found
  configure.in: 4: required file `./config.h.in' not found

When I look at the web CVS, I can see those files:

http://www.infradead.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/mtd/util/?hideattic=0&sortby=date

They appear to be "in the attic".  What does that mean?  Is there a
way to download these files using cvs?

Thanks,
Dave

Re: mtd/utils automake attic?

[David Woodhouse]

On Mon, 2003-05-26 at 01:54, David Wuertele wrote:
> I'm trying to compile the utils directory following the automake
> instructions, but there seem to be files missing in my version of
> CVS:  
> 
>   automake: `configure.ac' or `configure.in' is required
>   automake: configure.in: required file `./install-sh' not found
>   automake: configure.in: required file `./missing' not found
>   configure.in: 4: required file `./config.h.in' not found
> 
> When I look at the web CVS, I can see those files:
> 
> http://www.infradead.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/mtd/util/?hideattic=0&sortby=date
> 
> They appear to be "in the attic".  What does that mean?  Is there a
> way to download these files using cvs?

It means they've been deleted from CVS. They're there only as part of
the history -- you can obtain them by asking for a specific (i.e. the
penultimate) version, or by date.

But don't bother -- I removed the auto* crap in favour of the proper
makefiles. If you need to cross-compile, you can do so with a command
such as 'make CROSS=arm-linux-gnu- mkfs.jffs2'.

You'll need to make sure that zlib is in your toolchain's sys-root or
otherwise available.

-- 
dwmw2

Re: mtd/utils automake attic?

[David Wuertele]

DWMW2> But don't bother -- I removed the auto* crap in favour of the
DWMW2> proper makefiles. If you need to cross-compile, you can do so
DWMW2> with a command such as 'make CROSS=arm-linux-gnu- mkfs.jffs2'.

DWMW2> You'll need to make sure that zlib is in your toolchain's
DWMW2> sys-root or otherwise available.


Apparently that's not all you need.  I haven't been able to get any
version to compile due to my kernel's jffs2.h not defining jint16_t
and friends.  Unfortunately, I can't patch my kernel because it
contains NAND code specific to my board that gets munged by
patchin.sh.

Dave

Re: mtd/utils automake attic?

[Jörn Engel]

On Mon, 26 May 2003 10:03:15 -0700, David Wuertele wrote:
> 
> DWMW2> You'll need to make sure that zlib is in your toolchain's
> DWMW2> sys-root or otherwise available.
> 
> Apparently that's not all you need.  I haven't been able to get any
> version to compile due to my kernel's jffs2.h not defining jint16_t
> and friends.  Unfortunately, I can't patch my kernel because it
> contains NAND code specific to my board that gets munged by
> patchin.sh.

Your kernel contains NAND code that is missing from mtd cvs?  Care to
provide a patch or at least the source files in question?

Jörn

-- 
Schrödinger's cat is <BLINK>not</BLINK> dead.
-- Illiad

Re: mtd/utils automake attic?

[David Wuertele]

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Jörn> Your kernel contains NAND code that is missing from mtd cvs?
Jörn> Care to provide a patch or at least the source files in
Jörn> question?

Of course I don't mind, it is GPL after all.  But I doubt it will be
useful to you: it is specifically for my vendor's CPU, and if you have
their CPU you have this code already.


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Re: mtd/utils automake attic?

[David Wuertele]

Thomas> Another possibility. Patch your stuff into
Thomas> mtd/drivers/mtd/nand directory and run then patchin.sh on your
Thomas> kernel.

That was the first thing I tried, but the patches didn't take.
There were so many errors I didn't think it was worth the time to
track them all down.

Re: mtd/utils automake attic?

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Monday 26 May 2003 20:26, Jörn Engel wrote:
> On Mon, 26 May 2003 10:03:15 -0700, David Wuertele wrote:
> > DWMW2> You'll need to make sure that zlib is in your toolchain's
> > DWMW2> sys-root or otherwise available.
> >
> > Apparently that's not all you need.  I haven't been able to get any
> > version to compile due to my kernel's jffs2.h not defining jint16_t
> > and friends.  Unfortunately, I can't patch my kernel because it
> > contains NAND code specific to my board that gets munged by
> > patchin.sh.
>
> Your kernel contains NAND code that is missing from mtd cvs?  Care to
> provide a patch or at least the source files in question?
Would be easy :)

Another possibility. Patch your stuff into mtd/drivers/mtd/nand directory and 
run then patchin.sh on your kernel.

-- 
Thomas
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Re: mtd/utils automake attic?

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Monday 26 May 2003 21:14, David Wuertele wrote:
> Jörn> Your kernel contains NAND code that is missing from mtd cvs?
> Jörn> Care to provide a patch or at least the source files in
> Jörn> question?
>
> Of course I don't mind, it is GPL after all.  But I doubt it will be
> useful to you: it is specifically for my vendor's CPU, and if you have
> their CPU you have this code already.
It's not a problem, that it's specifically for this CPU. 
The problem is that it's totaly incompatible to MTD stuff. It's based on 2 
year old MTD code and does not match the current MTD-CVS implementation. A 
lot of stuff like bad block mapping ... is in there, which is likely to be a 
PITA, if you try to run current JFFS2 code on top of it.

-- 
Thomas
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