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

[Bruce Ashfield]

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Elvis Dowson <elvis.dowson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 29, 2013, at 11:16 PM, Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> linux-yocto-3.10 is pretty much the standard kernel, unless you want to use
>> the extra features I've merged, it is vanilla.
>>
>> You are going overboard with the definitions. What the build really needs, it'll
>> generate on it's own. If you want to make an official/controlled BSP
>> ... only then
>> do you actually need .scc files, etc.
>>
>> If you add compatbility with the linux-yocto recipe, put a defconfig in the
>> SRC_URI and you are done.
>
> Just adding the defconfig in the SRC_URI is not enough. The qemuarm
> launches with the versatilepb machine emulation, not vexpress.

runqemu != the kernel support. That's a different question. I often just
launch things by hand.

>
> For me to get vexpress support, I've had to create a local copy of the
> linux-yocto repo, update the meta-branch and then do the adaptations.
>
> So, it's not just a simple one line fix as simple as adding a defconfig
> for linux-yocto. the runqemu scripts have to be modified, etc.

Right, I'm only talking about the kernel. The extensibility (or lack thereof)
of runqemu is slowly evolving. I think there were bugzilla entries for it, but
I don't have them handy.

>
> I've shared all that I've done, with you, but you've apparently done this
> before, and I've just spend days to find out just that!!

Not really. I'm just saying that I've build and booted the machines under qemu
at one point or the other. I've never done full yocto integrations for
any of them.

Cheers,

Bruce

>
> Thanks for the run around!!
>
> Elvis Dowson



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