From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.251]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB2A1DDDF2 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:48:02 +1000 (EST) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c37so300994anc for ; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:47:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 08:47:57 -0600 From: "Grant Likely" Sender: glikely@secretlab.ca To: "Thomas Gerlach" Subject: Re: Newbie on embedded linux on PPC: error: cannot find boot.o In-Reply-To: <46DD6238.6030204@kip.uni-heidelberg.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <46DD6238.6030204@kip.uni-heidelberg.de> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 9/4/07, Thomas Gerlach 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 > > $ make ARCH=ppc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-eabi- 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. -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. grant.likely@secretlab.ca (403) 399-0195