Newbie on embedded linux on PPC: error: cannot find boot.o

[Stephen Neuendorffer]

You can also build a ppc405 toolchain using Crosstool, and it works
fine..
http://kegel.com/crosstool

Steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
> linuxppc-embedded-bounces+stephen=neuendorffer.name at ozlabs.org
>  
> [mailto:linuxppc-embedded-bounces+stephen=neuendorffer.name at oz
labs.org] On Behalf Of Wolfgang Reissnegger
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 2:33 PM
> To: Thomas Gerlach
> Cc: linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org
> Subject: Re: Newbie on embedded linux on PPC: error: cannot 
> find boot.o
> 
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> Xilinx is building the tools in the EDK to work with VxWorks 
> and for Standalone systems. In order to compile a Linux 
> kernel you need to get a toolchain from one of the Third 
> Party vendors, such as MontaVista. They have the correct 
> linker scripts for building a kernel.
> 
> Cheers,
>    Wolfgang
> 
> 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-
> > 
> > what i get is the following output:
> > 
> >>   CHK     include/linux/version.h
> >>   CHK     include/linux/utsrelease.h
> >>   CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh
> >>   CHK     include/linux/compile.h
> >>   LD      init/mounts.o
> >> powerpc-eabi-ld: cannot find boot.o
> >> make[1]: *** [init/mounts.o] Error 1
> >> make: *** [init] Error 2
> > 
> > so, i searched for boot.o (it exists) and even copied it 
> into several
> > dirs of the linux kernel tree (where i thought i would make sense),
> > but the problem still remains.
> > 
> > googling results in
> > 
> > 
> http://www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xil_ans_display.jsp?iLanguageID=1&g
etPagePath=17462&BV_SessionID=@@@@1197140711.1188909240>
@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgaddllgmfkflcefeceihdffhdfkf.0
> > 
> > 
> > and this, too, doesn't take me further in solving the problem.
> > 
> > i hope you can help me.
> > 
> > many thanks in advance,
> > 
> > kind regards
> > thomas gerlach
> > 
> > 
> > 
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