[oe] linux-geodelx build failure

[Khem Raj]

On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Chris Tapp <dokuwiki at keylevel.com> wrote:
> Whilst investigating an issue I have with 'swapper' using all the cpu time I
> decided to try and use the linux-geodelx kernel as my target is an LX800.
>
> I changed my configuration to use Angstrom for the geodelx machine and ran
> 'bitbake linux-geodelx'. This failed to build due to:
>
> ERROR: log data follows
> (/home/chris/oe-dev/build/tmp/work/geode-angstrom-linux/glibc-2.9-r36.3/temp/log.do_configure.29301)
> | configure.in:2204: warning: AC_CACHE_VAL(pic_default, ...): suspicious
> cache-id, must contain _cv_ to be cached
> | ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:1999: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from...
> | ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2020: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from...
> | configure.in:2204: the top level
> | checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> | checking host system type... i486-angstrom-linux-gnu
> | configure: running configure fragment for add-on nptl
> | checking sysdep dirs... configure: error: The geode subspecies of i486 is
> not supported.
> NOTE: Task failed:
> /home/chris/oe-dev/build/tmp/work/geode-angstrom-linux/glibc-2.9-r36.3/temp/log.do_configure.29301
> ERROR: TaskFailed event exception, aborting
> ERROR: Build of /home/chris/oe-dev/openembedded/recipes/glibc/glibc_2.9.bb
> do_configure failed
> ERROR: Task 170 (/home/chris/oe-dev/openembedded/recipes/glibc/glibc_2.9.bb,
> do_configure) failed
>
> I'm thinking I've done something wrong here as I would expect a geode build
> to support the 'geode subspecies' :-) Except that it seems as if a patch was
> proposed in the past to change the geodelx (and gx) machine recipes to use
> i586. This does not appear to have been applied to the current version. See
> http://lists.linuxtogo.org/pipermail/openembedded-devel/2009-November/014489.html
>

there were concerns around performance. Thats why it was
not applied but I guess there is no other way if we
wanted to use modern glibc on it.


> However,  if I make these changes and try to build I get:
>
> ERROR: function do_compile failed
> ERROR: log data follows
> (/home/chris/oe-dev/build-2/tmp/work/geodelx-angstrom-linux/linux-geodelx-2.6.11-r0/temp/log.do_compile.2242)
> | NOTE: make -j 4 include/linux/version.h CC=i586-angstrom-linux-gcc
>  LD=i586-angstrom-linux-ld
> |   CHK     include/linux/version.h
> | NOTE: make -j 4 bzImage CC=i586-angstrom-linux-gcc
>  LD=i586-angstrom-linux-ld
> |   CHK     include/linux/version.h
> | make[1]: `arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s' is up to date.
> |   CHK     include/linux/compile.h
> |   CHK     usr/initramfs_list
> |   CC      arch/i386/kernel/process.o
> |   CC      arch/i386/kernel/semaphore.o
> |   CC      arch/i386/mach-default/setup.o
> |   LD      arch/i386/crypto/built-in.o
> |   CC      kernel/sched.o
> |   CC      arch/i386/kernel/signal.o
> |   CC      arch/i386/mach-default/topology.o
> | arch/i386/kernel/process.c: Assembler messages:
> | arch/i386/kernel/process.c:400: Error: suffix or operands invalid for
> `mov'
> | arch/i386/kernel/process.c:401: Error: suffix or operands invalid for
> `mov'
> | arch/i386/kernel/process.c:477: Error: suffix or operands invalid for
> `mov'
> | arch/i386/kernel/process.c:478: Error: suffix or operands invalid for
> `mov'
> | include/linux/elfcore.h:92: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'
> | include/linux/elfcore.h:92: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'
> | arch/i386/kernel/process.c:599: Error: suffix or operands invalid for
> `mov'
> | arch/i386/kernel/process.c:600: Error: suffix or operands invalid for
> `mov'
> | arch/i386/kernel/process.c:607: Error: suffix or operands invalid for
> `mov'
> | arch/i386/kernel/process.c:608: Error: suffix or operands invalid for
> `mov'
> | make[1]: *** [arch/i386/kernel/process.o] Error 1
> | make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> |   CC      kernel/fork.o
> |   LD      arch/i386/mach-default/built-in.o
> |   CC      mm/bootmem.o
> | arch/i386/kernel/signal.c: Assembler messages:
> | arch/i386/kernel/signal.c:165: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'
> | arch/i386/kernel/signal.c:166: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'
> | make[1]: *** [arch/i386/kernel/signal.o] Error 1
> | make: *** [arch/i386/kernel] Error 2
> | make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> |   CC      mm/filemap.o
> |   CC      kernel/exec_domain.o
> |   CC      mm/mempool.o
> |   CC      kernel/panic.o
> |   CC      kernel/printk.o
> |   CC      kernel/profile.o
> |   CC      mm/oom_kill.o
> | mm/filemap.c: In function '__generic_file_aio_write_nolock':
> | mm/filemap.c:1799: sorry, unimplemented: inlining failed in call to
> 'generic_write_checks': function body not available
> | mm/filemap.c:2087: sorry, unimplemented: called from here
> | make[1]: *** [mm/filemap.o] Error 1
> | make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> |   CC      kernel/exit.o



2.6.11 is a bit old kernel version and you have to use
older binutils (i.e. lower than 2.18) to build it.





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