MVME zImage works

[David De Ridder]

Hi,

I just tried to boot the zImage I created on our MVME2306 board, and it
boots fine. There still is a problem with compiling the Universe module,
but I'll disregard it here.

FTR, what I did was this :

* take an official (e.g. http://www.linuxhq.com) Linux 2.2.4 source
  tree
* download Gabriel's MVME patches (both generic and vme), and applied
  them both to the source tree. (First generic, then vme).
* download Gabriel's MVME config.nfsroot
* ``make mrproper''
* ``make oldconfig'' using the config.nfsroot
* ``make zImage''. This goes flawless, with the resulting kernel image
    in arch/ppc/prepboot/zImage
* ``make modules'' fails (because of universe.c -- to be solved soon, I
   hope). The modules missing isn't really a problem since almost
   everything you need should be in the kernel image.

I've fed this kernel to my TFTP server, rebooted the board, and voila, I
had my own 2.2.4 kernel, compiled on the board.

(Gabriel, I have another question : I noticed you updated the .config's
 on your site. Are they for 2.2.4 or for 2.2.6 ?)

People who want to try this too, can find all the Web links they need at :

 http://win-www.uia.ac.be/u/s970707/thesis/archive.html

Kind regards,

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