Re: Newbie on embedded linux on PPC: error: cannot find boot.o

[Thomas Gerlach <gerlach@kip.uni-heidelberg.de>]

Grant Likely wrote:
> On 9/4/07, Thomas Gerlach <gerlach@kip.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote:
>   
>> hi folks,
>>
>>
>> my name is thomas trying to make embedded linux run on a powerpc, but we've got special boards here, although we use a xilinx virtex4 fpga...
>>
>> as you said in the nabble-thread (see subject), i set up edk9.1 software platform settings und ran libgen to get the xparameters* files. i copied those bsp files into the kernel tree (i use your kernel linux-2.6-virtex from git.secretlabs.ca/git). after configuring the kernel settigs, i try
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>> $ make ARCH=ppc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-eabi-
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>
> You should be using a Linux cross compiler, not powerpc-eabi-.  The
> Xilinx cross compiler will not work to compile Linux kernels.
>
> You can build yourself a cross compiler using 'crosstool':
> http://www.kegel.org/crosstool.
>
> Alternately, you can download ELDK:
> http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/ELDKAvailability
>
> Cheers,
> g.
>
>   

hi,
thank you much for this hint. this was the last thing i thought of... ;)

so long, keep on cross-compiling! :)

regards,
thomas