Trying to use ELDK to build Ebony/440GP

Trying to use ELDK to build Ebony/440GP

[brian.auld]

In reference to a recently kicked off project using 440GP and embedded linux
...

After investigations and suggestions, I've decided to move forward with ELDK
(2.0.2). My short-term goal in life is to get embedded linux running on the
EBONY platform to kick-start our 440GP based project.

In my early investigations of tool-chains I soon found out that 440GP
support is currently provided in linuxppc_2_4_devel and not linux_2_4, so I
need this kernel for ebony support. Furthermore, as I've decided to use
ELDK, I've downloaded and installed the ppc_4xx and ppc_8xx parts of the
ELDK package. I also installed ppc_8xx since it's the version used in the
ELDK manual and I figured it would be good to have as a cross-reference.

I have tried the following permutations and combinations of kernel build
efforts (using the ELDK package, of course) with the following results:

(cfg/kern) || e-old | e-new | 2_4   | 2_4_d |
============================================|
 (TQM823L) ||   Y  |  Y     |   N   |   N   |
 ppc_8xx-  ||      |        |       |       |
-----------||------|--------|-------|-------|
 (EBONY)   ||   N  |  N     |   N   |   N   |
 ppc_4xx-  ||      |        |       |       |
--------------------------------------------

Legend:
=======
cfg/kern -->Rows are make xxx_config options and columns are kernels
e-old --> linux-2.4.4-2002-03-31.tar.bz2 (as per ELDK Doc Guide)
e-new --> linux-2.4.4-2002-10-06.tar.bz2 (latest vers @ ftp.denx.de)
2_4   --> linuxppc_2_4 bk'ed from monte vista mirror.
2_4_d --> linuxppc_2_4_devel bk'ed from monte vista mirror.



(1) Using ELDK, should a linuxppc_2_4(devel) kernel build out of the box for
the TQM823L configuration.

(2) What's the best method to successfully build a kernel for the ebony
board using the ELDK tools:
     - Port ebony support into e-new?
     - Try and work out build issues with 2_4_d configured for 'ebony'.

Wanted to solicit some feedback before I go into tangent land.


Thanks

-- Brian


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Re: Trying to use ELDK to build Ebony/440GP

[Matt Porter]

On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 11:06:12AM -0800, brian.auld@adic.com wrote:
> (2) What's the best method to successfully build a kernel for the ebony
> board using the ELDK tools:
>      - Port ebony support into e-new?
>      - Try and work out build issues with 2_4_d configured for 'ebony'.
>
> Wanted to solicit some feedback before I go into tangent land.

I can't imagine why any ppc4xx toolchain couldn't build a properly
configured linuxppc_2_4_devel ebony kernel.  It's working right now
for my toolchain (mvista)...I haven't used ELDK for a little while now.

I take you have done the following?:

	make ebony_config
	make oldconfig
	make dep zImage

Where you have hacked ARCH and CROSS_COMPILE in the top-level Makefile
or have a script which passes in the appropriate prefix for your
toolchain.  i.e. "make ARCH=ppc CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_405- <rule>"

Regards,
--
Matt Porter
porter@cox.net
This is Linux Country. On a quiet night, you can hear Windows reboot.

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RE: Trying to use ELDK to build Ebony/440GP

[brian.auld]

Matt,

Thanks for the response. I was pretty surprised myself and to say the least
am not having a very good day.

Regarding the linuxppc_2_4_devel build attempt, these were the steps I took:

In fact, I'm going to run it again on my linux box as I regurgitate the
steps I previuosly took:

Prerequisites:
==============
- running RH8.0
- ELDK 2.0.2 installed with ppc_4xx tool chain (check)
- linuxppc_2_4_devel obtained from monte vista mirror (check)
(1) top-level Makefile hacked to read:
    - ARCH := ppc
    - CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx-
(1) make mrproper
(2) make ebony_config
(3) make oldconfig
    - I accept default(s) for about 10 options I'm prompted for.
(4) make dep
(5) make zImage

When I run make zImage, I get the following error message:



===== Start of Clip =====

make[2]: Entering directory `/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/kernel'
ppc_4xx-gcc -D__KERNEL__ (bla bla bla bla) sched.c
In file included from
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/wait.h:13,
                 from
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/fs.h:12,
                 from
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/capability.h:17,
                 from
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/binfmts.h:5,
                 from
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/sched.h:9,
                 from
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/mm.h:4,
                 from sched.c:23:
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/kernel.h:10: stdarg.h: No
such file or directory
In file included from
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/wait.h:13,
                 from
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/fs.h:12,
                 from
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/capability.h:17,
                 from
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/binfmts.h:5,
                 from
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/sched.h:9,
                 from
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/mm.h:4,
                 from sched.c:23:
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/kernel.h:74: parse error
before `va_list'
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/kernel.h:74: warning:
function declaration isn't a prototype
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/kernel.h:77: parse error
before `va_list'
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/kernel.h:77: warning:
function declaration isn't a prototype
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/kernel.h:81: parse error
before `va_list'
/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/kernel.h:81: warning:
function declaration isn't a prototype
make[2]: *** [sched.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/kernel'
make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/kernel'
make: *** [_dir_kernel] Error 2
[bauld@ppc-dev linuxppc_2_4_devel]$

===== End of Clip =====

-- Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Porter [mailto:porter@cox.net]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 3:38 PM
To: brian.auld@adic.com
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Trying to use ELDK to build Ebony/440GP

On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 11:06:12AM -0800, brian.auld@adic.com wrote:
> (2) What's the best method to successfully build a kernel for the ebony
> board using the ELDK tools:
>      - Port ebony support into e-new?
>      - Try and work out build issues with 2_4_d configured for 'ebony'.
>
> Wanted to solicit some feedback before I go into tangent land.

I can't imagine why any ppc4xx toolchain couldn't build a properly
configured linuxppc_2_4_devel ebony kernel.  It's working right now
for my toolchain (mvista)...I haven't used ELDK for a little while now.

I take you have done the following?:

	make ebony_config
	make oldconfig
	make dep zImage

Where you have hacked ARCH and CROSS_COMPILE in the top-level Makefile
or have a script which passes in the appropriate prefix for your
toolchain.  i.e. "make ARCH=ppc CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_405- <rule>"

Regards,
--
Matt Porter
porter@cox.net
This is Linux Country. On a quiet night, you can hear Windows reboot.

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Re: Trying to use ELDK to build Ebony/440GP

[Matt Porter]

On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 01:02:59PM -0800, brian.auld@adic.com wrote:
> Matt,
>
> Thanks for the response. I was pretty surprised myself and to say the least
> am not having a very good day.
>
> Regarding the linuxppc_2_4_devel build attempt, these were the steps I took:
>
> In fact, I'm going to run it again on my linux box as I regurgitate the
> steps I previuosly took:
>
> Prerequisites:
> ==============
> - running RH8.0
> - ELDK 2.0.2 installed with ppc_4xx tool chain (check)
> - linuxppc_2_4_devel obtained from monte vista mirror (check)
> (1) top-level Makefile hacked to read:
>     - ARCH := ppc
>     - CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx-
> (1) make mrproper
> (2) make ebony_config
> (3) make oldconfig
>     - I accept default(s) for about 10 options I'm prompted for.
> (4) make dep
> (5) make zImage
>
> When I run make zImage, I get the following error message:

> /opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/kernel.h:10: stdarg.h: No
> such file or directory

Interesting, it's not picking up stdarg.h from down in the gcc-lib/
hierarchy.  Probably an ELDK install problem...hopefully Wolfgang
is reading this thread since he should have a suggestion on what have
might gone wrong with your installation.

Regards,
--
Matt Porter
porter@cox.net
This is Linux Country. On a quiet night, you can hear Windows reboot.

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RE: Trying to use ELDK to build Ebony/440GP

[brian.auld]

I ran a checksum on the ELDK ISO image with the following result:

[root@ppc-dev bauld]# mount -o loop eldk-ppc-linux-x86.ISO /mnt/eldk
[root@ppc-dev bauld]# cd /mnt/eldk/
[root@ppc-dev eldk]# cd 2.0.2/
[root@ppc-dev 2.0.2]# ls
ELDK_FIXOWNER  ELDK_MAKEDEV  etc  install  MD5SUM  ppc_4xx  ppc_4xxFP
ppc_74xx  ppc_7xx  ppc_82xx  ppc_8xx  README.html  RPMS  tools
[root@ppc-dev 2.0.2]# md5sum -c MD5SUM | grep -v OK
[root@ppc-dev 2.0.2]#

-- Brian


-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Porter [mailto:porter@cox.net]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 4:17 PM
To: brian.auld@adic.com
Cc: porter@cox.net; linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Trying to use ELDK to build Ebony/440GP

On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 01:02:59PM -0800, brian.auld@adic.com wrote:
> Matt,
>
> Thanks for the response. I was pretty surprised myself and to say the
least
> am not having a very good day.
>
> Regarding the linuxppc_2_4_devel build attempt, these were the steps I
took:
>
> In fact, I'm going to run it again on my linux box as I regurgitate the
> steps I previuosly took:
>
> Prerequisites:
> ==============
> - running RH8.0
> - ELDK 2.0.2 installed with ppc_4xx tool chain (check)
> - linuxppc_2_4_devel obtained from monte vista mirror (check)
> (1) top-level Makefile hacked to read:
>     - ARCH := ppc
>     - CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx-
> (1) make mrproper
> (2) make ebony_config
> (3) make oldconfig
>     - I accept default(s) for about 10 options I'm prompted for.
> (4) make dep
> (5) make zImage
>
> When I run make zImage, I get the following error message:

> /opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/kernel.h:10: stdarg.h:
No
> such file or directory

Interesting, it's not picking up stdarg.h from down in the gcc-lib/
hierarchy.  Probably an ELDK install problem...hopefully Wolfgang
is reading this thread since he should have a suggestion on what have
might gone wrong with your installation.

Regards,
--
Matt Porter
porter@cox.net
This is Linux Country. On a quiet night, you can hear Windows reboot.

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Re: Trying to use ELDK to build Ebony/440GP

[Wolfgang Grandegger]

Hello

this problem has already been reported some time ago. Search the
linuxppc-embedded mailing list for kbuild_2_4_nostdinc. It's fixed in
the DENX linuxppc_2_4_devel tree.

Hope it helps.

Wolfgang.


On 01/30/2003 10:27 PM brian.auld@adic.com wrote:
> I ran a checksum on the ELDK ISO image with the following result:
>
> [root@ppc-dev bauld]# mount -o loop eldk-ppc-linux-x86.ISO /mnt/eldk
> [root@ppc-dev bauld]# cd /mnt/eldk/
> [root@ppc-dev eldk]# cd 2.0.2/
> [root@ppc-dev 2.0.2]# ls
> ELDK_FIXOWNER  ELDK_MAKEDEV  etc  install  MD5SUM  ppc_4xx  ppc_4xxFP
> ppc_74xx  ppc_7xx  ppc_82xx  ppc_8xx  README.html  RPMS  tools
> [root@ppc-dev 2.0.2]# md5sum -c MD5SUM | grep -v OK
> [root@ppc-dev 2.0.2]#
>
> -- Brian
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Porter [mailto:porter@cox.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 4:17 PM
> To: brian.auld@adic.com
> Cc: porter@cox.net; linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
> Subject: Re: Trying to use ELDK to build Ebony/440GP
>
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 01:02:59PM -0800, brian.auld@adic.com wrote:
>> Matt,
>>
>> Thanks for the response. I was pretty surprised myself and to say the
> least
>> am not having a very good day.
>>
>> Regarding the linuxppc_2_4_devel build attempt, these were the steps I
> took:
>>
>> In fact, I'm going to run it again on my linux box as I regurgitate the
>> steps I previuosly took:
>>
>> Prerequisites:
>> ==============
>> - running RH8.0
>> - ELDK 2.0.2 installed with ppc_4xx tool chain (check)
>> - linuxppc_2_4_devel obtained from monte vista mirror (check)
>> (1) top-level Makefile hacked to read:
>>     - ARCH := ppc
>>     - CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx-
>> (1) make mrproper
>> (2) make ebony_config
>> (3) make oldconfig
>>     - I accept default(s) for about 10 options I'm prompted for.
>> (4) make dep
>> (5) make zImage
>>
>> When I run make zImage, I get the following error message:
>
>> /opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/kernel.h:10: stdarg.h:
> No
>> such file or directory
>
> Interesting, it's not picking up stdarg.h from down in the gcc-lib/
> hierarchy.  Probably an ELDK install problem...hopefully Wolfgang
> is reading this thread since he should have a suggestion on what have
> might gone wrong with your installation.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Matt Porter
> porter@cox.net
> This is Linux Country. On a quiet night, you can hear Windows reboot.
>
>
>


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RE: Trying to use ELDK to build Ebony/440GP

[xiaogeng_jin]

> /opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/kernel.h:10
> : stdarg.h: No
> > such file or directory
Change the following macro in root Makefile. This will get correct include directory. I'm not sure if this is a bug for new Makefile since 2.4.20. I believe that 2.4.19 uses the second definition. But I don't know why it is changed.

#kbuild_2_4_nostdinc	:= -nostdinc -iwithprefix include
kbuild_2_4_nostdinc	:= -nostdinc $(shell $(CC) -print-search-dirs | sed -ne 's/install: \(.*\)/-I \1include/gp')

>
> Interesting, it's not picking up stdarg.h from down in the gcc-lib/
> hierarchy.  Probably an ELDK install problem...hopefully Wolfgang
> is reading this thread since he should have a suggestion on what have
> might gone wrong with your installation.

Also I'm not sure if it's related to ELDK's cross compiler. Hopefully Wolfgang will clarify this.

Regards,

Shawn.

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RE: Trying to use ELDK to build Ebony/440GP

[brian.auld]

Thanks Wolfgang. I'll look into it and if I don't report back, everything is
resolved. I had previously search the mailing list on "ELDK and 440GP" but
didn't come up with anything. I should have changed my search variables.

-- Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: Wolfgang Grandegger [mailto:wolfgang.grandegger@bluewin.ch]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 4:48 PM
To: brian.auld@adic.com
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Trying to use ELDK to build Ebony/440GP

Hello

this problem has already been reported some time ago. Search the
linuxppc-embedded mailing list for kbuild_2_4_nostdinc. It's fixed in
the DENX linuxppc_2_4_devel tree.

Hope it helps.

Wolfgang.


On 01/30/2003 10:27 PM brian.auld@adic.com wrote:
> I ran a checksum on the ELDK ISO image with the following result:
>
> [root@ppc-dev bauld]# mount -o loop eldk-ppc-linux-x86.ISO /mnt/eldk
> [root@ppc-dev bauld]# cd /mnt/eldk/
> [root@ppc-dev eldk]# cd 2.0.2/
> [root@ppc-dev 2.0.2]# ls
> ELDK_FIXOWNER  ELDK_MAKEDEV  etc  install  MD5SUM  ppc_4xx  ppc_4xxFP
> ppc_74xx  ppc_7xx  ppc_82xx  ppc_8xx  README.html  RPMS  tools
> [root@ppc-dev 2.0.2]# md5sum -c MD5SUM | grep -v OK
> [root@ppc-dev 2.0.2]#
>
> -- Brian
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Porter [mailto:porter@cox.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 4:17 PM
> To: brian.auld@adic.com
> Cc: porter@cox.net; linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
> Subject: Re: Trying to use ELDK to build Ebony/440GP
>
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 01:02:59PM -0800, brian.auld@adic.com wrote:
>> Matt,
>>
>> Thanks for the response. I was pretty surprised myself and to say the
> least
>> am not having a very good day.
>>
>> Regarding the linuxppc_2_4_devel build attempt, these were the steps I
> took:
>>
>> In fact, I'm going to run it again on my linux box as I regurgitate the
>> steps I previuosly took:
>>
>> Prerequisites:
>> ==============
>> - running RH8.0
>> - ELDK 2.0.2 installed with ppc_4xx tool chain (check)
>> - linuxppc_2_4_devel obtained from monte vista mirror (check)
>> (1) top-level Makefile hacked to read:
>>     - ARCH := ppc
>>     - CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx-
>> (1) make mrproper
>> (2) make ebony_config
>> (3) make oldconfig
>>     - I accept default(s) for about 10 options I'm prompted for.
>> (4) make dep
>> (5) make zImage
>>
>> When I run make zImage, I get the following error message:
>
>> /opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/kernel.h:10: stdarg.h:
> No
>> such file or directory
>
> Interesting, it's not picking up stdarg.h from down in the gcc-lib/
> hierarchy.  Probably an ELDK install problem...hopefully Wolfgang
> is reading this thread since he should have a suggestion on what have
> might gone wrong with your installation.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Matt Porter
> porter@cox.net
> This is Linux Country. On a quiet night, you can hear Windows reboot.
>
>
>


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Re: Trying to use ELDK to build Ebony/440GP

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <20030130141657.B25221@home.com> you wrote:
>
> > When I run make zImage, I get the following error message:
>
> > /opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/kernel.h:10: stdarg.h: No
> > such file or directory
>
> Interesting, it's not picking up stdarg.h from down in the gcc-lib/
> hierarchy.  Probably an ELDK install problem...hopefully Wolfgang
> is reading this thread since he should have a suggestion on what have
> might gone wrong with your installation.

The problem is caused by the modification of kbuild_2_4_nostdinc; see
http://lists.linuxppc.org/linuxppc-embedded/200209/msg00155.html

We reverted this modification in our version of the kernem Makefile.

I don't know if there is a better approach to fix this problem.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87  Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88  Email: wd@denx.de
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RE: Trying to use ELDK to build Ebony/440GP

[brian.auld]

Woohoo!!! it works. Thanks to all.

Regarding development trees, penguinppc.org, in its 'kernel sources' link,
refers people to bitmover servers @ either:
  - ppc.bkbits.net or
  - source.mvista.com

What is the "denx ppc development server"? Other than what's available at
ftp.denx.de/pub/LinuxPPC/usr/src, is there an ELDK/denx specific development
tree that I am not yet aware of?

Thanks

-- Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: Wolfgang Denk [mailto:wd@denx.de]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 4:59 PM
To: Matt Porter
Cc: brian.auld@adic.com; linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Trying to use ELDK to build Ebony/440GP

In message <20030130141657.B25221@home.com> you wrote:
>
> > When I run make zImage, I get the following error message:
>
> > /opt/eldk/usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel/include/linux/kernel.h:10:
stdarg.h: No
> > such file or directory
>
> Interesting, it's not picking up stdarg.h from down in the gcc-lib/
> hierarchy.  Probably an ELDK install problem...hopefully Wolfgang
> is reading this thread since he should have a suggestion on what have
> might gone wrong with your installation.

The problem is caused by the modification of kbuild_2_4_nostdinc; see
http://lists.linuxppc.org/linuxppc-embedded/200209/msg00155.html

We reverted this modification in our version of the kernem Makefile.

I don't know if there is a better approach to fix this problem.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

--
Software Engineering:  Embedded and Realtime Systems,  Embedded Linux
Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87  Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88  Email: wd@denx.de
...though his invention worked superbly -- his theory was a crock  of
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Re: Trying to use ELDK to build Ebony/440GP

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <995FF289C9D69747A09E42992644595405B23638@penguin.adic.com> you wrote:
>
> What is the "denx ppc development server"? Other than what's available at
> ftp.denx.de/pub/LinuxPPC/usr/src, is there an ELDK/denx specific development
> tree that I am not yet aware of?

ftp.denx.de/pub/LinuxPPC/usr/src is old stuff. I'd like to get rid of
it, but too many people still use it for reference.


All current stuff is available from our CVS server through  anonymous
CVS. Go to www.denx.de and click on "Software".


Viele Grüße,
Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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