[PlanetCCRMA] Question About Compiling a Custom Kernel

[Janina Sajka]

Mmm, never mind, I think I've figured out my mistake. At least I'm not
blocking at the point I've been hung on before. Compilation with
appropriately patched .config files now in progress--though I had to
patch each config, not just my --target.


Janina Sajka writes:
> From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
> 
> Hi, Fernando:
> 
> No go, yet ...
> 
> Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano writes:
> > > 
> > >  ... I would rather use rpmbuild to get the advantage of letting rpm
> > >  manage my packages. However, I can't discover how to go about making
> > >  the changes I need to the config files using rpmbuild. I can add my
> > >  patch--the one that isn't in the CCRMA binary. But, I haven't been able
> > >  to figure out how to change the kernel config files to remove the
> > >  modules that get in the away of a successful build.
> > > 
> > Once you do a "rpmbuild -bp kernel-xxx" you get a ready to build tree in
> > /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-xxx. In the linux-xxx/configs subdirectory
> > (_and_ in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES) you will find the configuration files
> > (*.config) that are used by the spec file to build the kernel. If you
> > know exactly which configuration options you want to remove you could
> > edit the file that corresponds to the architecture you are building for
> > (for example: kernel-2.4.22-i686.config), manually change the options
> > and store that file in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES.
> 
> I did that, manually removing the entire I2c section, and the QLA* and
> WVL* modules. These are they that don't build. However, this only gives
> me the error that the configurations are missing -- rather circular, it
> seems:
> 
> 
> 
> *** End of Linux kernel configuration.
> *** Check the top-level Makefile for additional configuration.
> *** Next, you must run 'make dep'.
> 
> The following defaults are missing:
>     AT&T/Lucent Wavelan wireless support (CONFIG_PCMCIA_WAVELAN) [N/m/?]
> I2C support (CONFIG_I2C) [N/y/m/?]
>    Experimental QLogic 2100/2200 support (CONFIG_FC_QLA2200) [N/m/?]
>    Experimental QLogic 2300 support (CONFIG_FC_QLA2300) [N/m/?]
> make: *** [oldconfig_nonint] Error 1
> error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.75375 (%build)
> 
> 
> 
> > Or you can manually copy
> > that file into the BUILD/kernel-xxx/linux-xxx/.config file, run "make
> > xconfig" (or whatever you prefer), save the configuration and then copy
> > it back to /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES with the proper name. If you now do
> > an "rpmbuild -ba kernel-xxx" the build will use the modified
> > configuration file. 
> 
> Trid this, too. I used make oldconfig (which prompts only for the diffs)
> and said "n" to i2c, qlogic and wavelan.
> 
> I then tried two rpmbuild options, first rpmbuild -ba --target i686
> which gave me the same old "they're missing" error.
> 
> Second, I consulted the man pageafresh where I gleamned that, just
> perhaps, I was now past the %PREP stage and should continue the build
> and install stages, rather than revisiting %PREP. So, I did:
> 
> rpmbuild --short-circuit -bc -bi kernel-2.4.22-6.ll.spec
> 
> Maddeningly, I get exactly the same error. So, is the .spec file
> reintroducing these modules somehow?
> 
> I've tweaked your .spec, of course, to patch Speakup in. I assigned the
> Speakup patch 5720, and the patch is definitely there in the .config. 
> 
> I don't think I've made any other changes--but I started down this trail
> last weekend, so I'm not 100% sure.
> 
> > 
> > -- Fernando
> > 
> 
> -- 
> 	
> Janina Sajka
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> 
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Janina Sajka
Email: janina@rednote.net		
Phone: (202) 408-8175

Director, Technology Research and Development
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
http://www.afb.org

Chair, Accessibility Working Group
Free Standards Group
http://accessibility.freestandards.org