RE: [iPAQ] Compiling linux-2.4.18-rmk3-hh12 kernel for iPAQ

From: Somil Asthana <somilasthana.a.t.lycos.com>
Date: Fri Mar 14 2003 - 17:22:38 EST

hi Jamey
  I completed the kernel installation with 802.1d ethernet bridging enabled tested & works fine. Would you like to create a brctl package or bridge module package. Latter is defiantely more useful

Somil

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On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 13:58:50  
 Hicks, Jamey wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Somil Asthana [mailto:somilasthana@lycos.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 9:43 AM
>> To: ipaq@handhelds.org
>> Cc: somilasthana@mailcity.com
>> Subject: [iPAQ] Compiling linux-2.4.18-rmk3-hh12 kernel for iPAQ
>> 
>> 
>> Hi All 
>>   I am trying to compile linux-2.4.18-rmk3-hh12 kernel 
>> downloaded from cvs repository. I need to recompile the 
>> kernel because I need 802.1d ethernet bridging. Instead of 
>> using cross-compiler for compiling I downloaded all my src 
>> code on intimate and followed following steps:
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>This looks basically correct.  I suggest you start with:
> 
>   make h3600_config 
>
>and then use make menuconfig to turn on bridging.  If bridging can be built as a module I will add it to the standard config and packages.
>
>>  make menuconfig
>>  make depend
>>  make zImage
>>  make modules
>>  make install modules
>> 
>>  then tar -cf modules.tar /lib/modules/2.4.18-rmk3
>> 
>> Once this all is successful . I do following on my iPAQ which 
>> is running familiar 0.5.2
>> 
>> ipaq #ln -s /boot/newzImage /boot/zImage
>> ipaq # tar ...modules.tar
>> 
>> I copy my newzImage from 
>> /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-rmk3-hh12/arch/arm/boot/ 
>>  as it gets built there.
>> 
>
>Check depmod -ae to look for bad module ownership (must be root), missing symbols, etc.
>
>What errors are you getting?  dmesg or logread can be helpful.
>
>-Jamey
> 
>
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