[OE-core] [oe-core] QEMU with ARM Cortex A9 with hard float configuration - Kernel panic

[Khem Raj]

On Aug 28, 2013, at 9:36 PM, Elvis Dowson <elvis.dowson at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> On Aug 29, 2013, at 2:43 AM, Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield at windriver.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 13-08-28 11:16 AM, Elvis Dowson wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>       I get the following error while running the bitbake linux-yocto
>>> command for a qemu machine conf that I'm building. The build system is
>>> unable to find the dtc binary:
>>> 
>>> | make: Leaving directory
>>> `/tool/yocto/poky/build/tmp/work/qemuarma9-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-yocto/3.4.52+gitAUTOINC+7250de4d4a_4122d6cf3f-r4.5/image/usr/src/kernel'
>>> | NOTE: make -j 6 vexpress-v2p-ca9.dtb
>>> |   DTC     arch/arm/boot/vexpress-v2p-ca9.dtb
>>> | /bin/sh:
>>> /tool/yocto/poky/build/tmp/work/qemuarma9-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-yocto/3.4.52+gitAUTOINC+7250de4d4a_4122d6cf3f-r4.5/linux-qemuarma9-standard-build/scripts/dtc/dtc:
>>> No such file or directory
>>> | make[3]: *** [arch/arm/boot/vexpress-v2p-ca9.dtb] Error 1
>>> | make[2]: *** [vexpress-v2p-ca9.dtb] Error 2
>>> | make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
>>> | make: *** [all] Error 2
>>> | ERROR: oe_runmake failed
>>> | WARNING:
>>> /tool/yocto/poky/build/tmp/work/qemuarma9-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-yocto/3.4.52+gitAUTOINC+7250de4d4a_4122d6cf3f-r4.5/temp/run.do_install.10606:1
>>> exit 1 from
>>> |   exit 1
>>> | ERROR: Function failed: do_install (log file is located at
>>> /tool/yocto/poky/build/tmp/work/qemuarma9-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-yocto/3.4.52+gitAUTOINC+7250de4d4a_4122d6cf3f-r4.5/temp/log.do_install.10606)
>>> ERROR: Task 4
>>> (/tool/yocto/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.4.bb,
>>> do_install) failed with exit code '1'
>>> NOTE: Tasks Summary: Attempted 598 tasks of which 597 didn't need to be
>>> rerun and 1 failed.
>> 
>> Did you ever get past this ? It looks like the recent device tree
>> changes where we use the kernel dtc versus an external dtc are causing
>> you a problem.
> 
> I did get past this, after I updated the SRCREV_meta with the correct commit,
> which resulted in the correct kconfig fragment being picked up, with enabled
> the device tree option in the kernel.
> 
> However, I'm unable to get qemu to boot correctly, for both ARM Cortex A9
> and ARM Cortex A* (beagle). Maybe this has to do with the fact that it needs
> xload+uboot in addition to the kernel, using an SD card image.
> 
> Any suggestions on how I can do this?
> 
> I'd like to know how qemuarmv6, qemuarmv9 and qemuarma9 were tested
> earlier.
> 
> I think its important to get atleast the A8 and A( QEMU platforms up and running
> in oe-core, since they represent a bunch of the current targets used for actual
> development.

also take a look at meta-linaro, they test armv7+ qemu regularly.

> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Elvis Dowson
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