Hi Mike,<br><br>For cross compile issue you should try <a href="http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/dokuwiki/projects/crosstool">crosstool-ng</a>. It works fine with ppc 405.<br><br>Regards,<br>Bruno<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Mike Timmons <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike_timmons@trimble.com">mike_timmons@trimble.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I wrote a couple days ago needing advice on USB wi fi. I made some progress but then I hit a snag loading the USB wi fi adapter firmware.<br>
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Jon schooled me on the firmware topic (thanks Jon), and advised me to select the following Kconfig options<br>
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Kconfig<br>
Device drivers<br>
generic driver options<br>
user space firmware support<br>
check - include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary<br>
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My 2.6.24 kernel didn't offer these options, and I also suspected that since 2.6.24 some progress on the ralink drivers I need has been made I figured I'd just try a new kernel build and try to get my ralink-equipped Linksys WUSB54GC to work.<br>
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Trouble:<br>
-I was using Ltib Toolchain (gcc-3.4.3-glibc-2.3.6 (for 603e)) to build my 2.6.24 kernel.<br>
-It looks like somewhere after 2.6.24 this toolchain stopped successfully compiling the kernel.<br>
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So,<br>
-I used crosstool and built 4.1.0 and 4.1.1 toolchains. Both produce the following error:<br>
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OBJCOPY arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.so<br>
objcopy: Unable to recognise the format of the input file `arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.so.dbg'<br>
make[3]: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.so] Error 1<br>
make[2]: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32] Error 2<br>
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Questions:<br>
1) if I want to cross-compile a kernel later than 2.6.24 to hopefully get better WAN device support (and clearer options for fw loading), which kernel should I try, and which toolchain?<br>
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the ltib repository does not appear to have a toolchain newer than gcc-3.4.3-glibc-2.3.6 (for 603e)<br>
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Admissions, disclaimers, etc<br>
1) I'm using the same ltib script I have used for the 2.6.24 build with toolchain gcc-3.4.3-glibc-2.3.6 (for 603e).<br>
I'm simply modifying the kernel spec file to use 2.6.28.1 (and specifyin a custom toolchain).<br>
I've also tried to compile 2.6.27.8. I get the same error.<br>
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I think I'm slipping into version compatibility hell at this point. Please throw me a rope if you can by way of advice if you can.<br>
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Thanks!<br>
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-Mike<br>
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