Building zImage

Building zImage

[Siva Prasad]

Hi,

When I tried to build zImage (make zImage V=3D1) based on the 2.6.19
kernel for 8641HPCN board, I got the following error...

make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=3Dlib
make -f
/export/beavis/work/sprasad/2.6.19/linux-2.6.19/scripts/Makefile.modpost
vmlinux
  scripts/mod/modpost -m  -o
/export/beavis/work/sprasad/2.6.19/linux-2.6.19/Module.symvers
vmlinux=20
rm -f .old_version
make ARCH=3Dppc64 -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=3Darch/powerpc/boot
arch/powerpc/boot/zImage
ln: accessing `arch/powerpc/boot/zImage': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/boot/zImage] Error 1
make: *** [zImage] Error 2

When I looked into the Makefile, "image-y" was having no value. So, "ln"
was failing. Do I have to select one of the below options of zImage. I
am not really sure which one to use for 8641 supported by FreeScale.

image-$(CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES)             +=3D zImage.pseries
image-$(CONFIG_PPC_MAPLE)               +=3D zImage.pseries
image-$(CONFIG_PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE)      +=3D zImage.pseries
image-$(CONFIG_PPC_CHRP)                +=3D zImage.chrp
image-$(CONFIG_PPC_PMAC)                +=3D zImage.pmac
image-$(CONFIG_DEFAULT_UIMAGE)          +=3D uImage

Well!... we are not using U-Boot, so uImage is not an option, and that
builds fine.

Any way, I tried to make uImage, but I am not sure if it is including
the dts file in the final uImage built, as the wrapper was passed the
value of platform as "uboot". I am confused.

Thanks for your help in advance.

- siva

Re: Building zImage

[Kumar Gala]

On Oct 18, 2007, at 6:22 PM, Siva Prasad wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When I tried to build zImage (make zImage V=1) based on the 2.6.19
> kernel for 8641HPCN board, I got the following error...
>
> make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=lib
> make -f
> /export/beavis/work/sprasad/2.6.19/linux-2.6.19/scripts/ 
> Makefile.modpost
> vmlinux
>   scripts/mod/modpost -m  -o
> /export/beavis/work/sprasad/2.6.19/linux-2.6.19/Module.symvers
> vmlinux
> rm -f .old_version
> make ARCH=ppc64 -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=arch/powerpc/boot
> arch/powerpc/boot/zImage
> ln: accessing `arch/powerpc/boot/zImage': No such file or directory
> make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/boot/zImage] Error 1
> make: *** [zImage] Error 2
>
> When I looked into the Makefile, "image-y" was having no value. So,  
> "ln"
> was failing. Do I have to select one of the below options of zImage. I
> am not really sure which one to use for 8641 supported by FreeScale.
>
> image-$(CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES)             += zImage.pseries
> image-$(CONFIG_PPC_MAPLE)               += zImage.pseries
> image-$(CONFIG_PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE)      += zImage.pseries
> image-$(CONFIG_PPC_CHRP)                += zImage.chrp
> image-$(CONFIG_PPC_PMAC)                += zImage.pmac
> image-$(CONFIG_DEFAULT_UIMAGE)          += uImage
>
> Well!... we are not using U-Boot, so uImage is not an option, and that
> builds fine.
>
> Any way, I tried to make uImage, but I am not sure if it is including
> the dts file in the final uImage built, as the wrapper was passed the
> value of platform as "uboot". I am confused.
>
> Thanks for your help in advance.

uImage's do NOT include device trees as part of the image.

- k