Re: linux-2.6.git: cannot build PS3 image

[Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com>]

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On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, Scott Wood wrote:
> > Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > >> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper b/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
> > >> index 39b27e5..795f988 100755
> > >> --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
> > >> +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
> > >> @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ base=0x`${CROSS}nm "$ofile" | grep ' _start$' | cut -d' ' -f1`
> > >>  entry=`${CROSS}objdump -f "$ofile" | grep '^start address ' | cut -d' ' -f3`
> > >>  
> > >>  if [ -n "$binary" ]; then
> > >> -    mv "$ofile" "$ofile".elf
> > >> +    cp "$ofile" "$ofile".elf
> > >>      ${CROSS}objcopy -O binary "$ofile".elf "$ofile".bin
> > >>  fi
> > > 
> > > No comments?
> > 
> > That'd work in this case, though it'd probably be better to make the 
> > $ofile be the end result that will boot on the ps3, and leave a suffix 
> > on the intermediate files.
> 
> The $ofile is the end result to boot using kboot (2nd stage kernel).
> otheros.bld is the end result to write to FLASH ROM (1st stage kernel).

Bummer, ignore the first sentence. For a 2nd stage kernel, we do not boot
$ofile (= arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.ps3), but the plain vmlinux or
vmlinux.strip.

Hence zImage.ps3 is an intermediate file only and we don't need zImage at all.

Nevertheless, your other patch fixed the problem, thanks! ;-)

With kind regards,
 
Geert Uytterhoeven
Software Architect

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