uClinux-dist-20060803 released

There are still a lot of things to clear up in this release.

It is not ready for real usage yet. Not even compile.

Some include files need update.

More Kconfig need to enable for Nios2.

I am not sure if the initramfs build script's bug was fixed in it.

hippo,

after doing all exactly as stated in the uClinux-dist tutorial, the kernel compiled and a zImage was made but the compile ends with an error.

I dont know what is missing:

..........

LD vmlinux

SYSMAP System.map

OBJCOPY arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin

GZIP arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin.gz

LD arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/piggy.o

LD arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux

OBJCOPY arch/nios2nommu/boot/zImage

Kernel: arch/nios2nommu/boot/zImage is ready

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/nios2/uClinux-dist/linux-2.6.x'

if [ -f linux-2.6.x/vmlinux ]; then

ln -f linux-2.6.x/vmlinux linux-2.6.x/linux ;

fi

. linux-2.6.x/.config; if [ "$CONFIG_MODULES" = "y" ]; then

[ -d linux-2.6.x/modules ] || mkdir linux-2.6.x/modules;

make ARCH=nios2nommu CROSS_COMPILE=nios2-linux-uclibc- ARCH=nios2nommu CROSS_COMPILE=nios2-linux-uclibc- -C linux-2.6.x modules;

fi

for dir in include lib include user ; do [ ! -d $dir ] || make ARCH=nios2nommu CROSS_COMPILE=nios2-linux-uclibc- -C $dir || exit 1 ; done

make[1]: Entering directory `/home/nios2/uClinux-dist/include'

find . -depth -type l -a ! -name Makefile | xargs rm > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0

find . -depth -type d | grep -v .svn | xargs rmdir > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0

Making symlinks in include/

Making include/c++ symlink to compiler c++ includes

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/nios2/uClinux-dist/include'

make[1]: Entering directory `/home/nios2/uClinux-dist/lib'

make -j1 -C ../include || exit $?

make[2]: Entering directory `/home/nios2/uClinux-dist/include'

find . -depth -type l -a ! -name Makefile | xargs rm > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0

find . -depth -type d | grep -v .svn | xargs rmdir > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0

Making symlinks in include/

Making include/c++ symlink to compiler c++ includes

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/nios2/uClinux-dist/include'

[ -z "uClibc" ] ||

make -j1 uClibc || exit $?

make[2]: Entering directory `/home/nios2/uClinux-dist/lib'

[ ! -d "uClibc" ] || ( touch uClibc/.sgbuilt_lib && make -j1 -C uClibc ) || exit $?

/bin/sh: nios2-elf-gcc: command not found

/bin/sh: nios2-elf-gcc: command not found

/bin/sh: nios2-elf-gcc: command not found

make[3]: Entering directory `/home/nios2/uClinux-dist/uClibc'

/bin/sh: nios2-elf-gcc: command not found

+ ./extra/scripts/fix_includes.sh -k '~/uClinux-dist-test/linux-2.6.x' -t nios2 -n

The file ~/uClinux-dist-test/linux-2.6.x/Makefile or ~/uClinux-dist-test/linux-2.6.x/include/linux/version.h is missing!

Perhaps your kernel source is broken?

make[3]: *** [headers] Error 1

make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/nios2/uClinux-dist/uClibc'

make[2]: *** [uClibc] Error 2

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/nios2/uClinux-dist/lib'

make[1]: *** [all] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/nios2/uClinux-dist/lib'

make: *** [subdirs] Error 1

Please find the patches and uages on the second half of this page,

http://nioswiki.jot.com/wikihome/operating...nux/uclinuxdist (http://nioswiki.jot.com/wikihome/operatingsystems/%c2%b5clinux/uclinuxdist)

Please help the testing of the new smc ethernet driver , if you have altera dev boards.

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originally posted by nacide@Oct 24 2006, 06:29 PM

hippo,

after doing all exactly as stated in the uclinux-dist tutorial, the kernel compiled and a zimage was made but the compile ends with an error.

i dont know what is missing:

/bin/sh: nios2-elf-gcc: command not found

make[3]: entering directory `/home/nios2/uclinux-dist/uclibc'

/bin/sh: nios2-elf-gcc: command not found

+ ./extra/scripts/fix_includes.sh -k '~/uclinux-dist-test/linux-2.6.x' -t nios2 -n

the file ~/uclinux-dist-test/linux-2.6.x/makefile or ~/uclinux-dist-test/linux-2.6.x/include/linux/version.h is missing!

perhaps your kernel source is broken?

make[3]: *** [headers] error 1

make[3]: leaving directory `/home/nios2/uclinux-dist/uclibc'

make[2]: *** [uclibc] error 2

make[2]: leaving directory `/home/nios2/uclinux-dist/lib'

make[1]: *** [all] error 2

make[1]: leaving directory `/home/nios2/uclinux-dist/lib'

make: *** [subdirs] error 1

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make menuconfig

check if you have the correct target? Altera, nios2nommu, and Libc version must be None.

Vendor/Product Selection --->

--- Select the Vendor you wish to target

(Altera) Vendor

--- Select the Product you wish to target

(nios2nommu) Altera Products

Kernel/Library/Defaults Selection --->

(linux-2.6.x) Kernel Version

(None) Libc Version

[ ] Default all settings (lose changes)

[ ] Customize Kernel Settings

[ ] Customize Vendor/User Settings

[ ] Update Default Vendor Settings

Then <exit> <exit> <yes>

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originally posted by hippo+oct 26 2006, 01:35 am--><div class='quotetop'>quote (hippo @ oct 26 2006, 01:35 am)</div>

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<!--quotebegin-nacide@Oct 24 2006, 06:29 PM

hippo,

after doing all exactly as stated in the uclinux-dist tutorial, the kernel compiled and a zimage was made but the compile ends with an error.

i dont know what is missing:

/bin/sh: nios2-elf-gcc: command not found

make[3]: entering directory `/home/nios2/uclinux-dist/uclibc&#39;

/bin/sh: nios2-elf-gcc: command not found

+ ./extra/scripts/fix_includes.sh -k &#39;~/uclinux-dist-test/linux-2.6.x&#39; -t nios2 -n

the file ~/uclinux-dist-test/linux-2.6.x/makefile or ~/uclinux-dist-test/linux-2.6.x/include/linux/version.h is missing!

perhaps your kernel source is broken?

make[3]: *** [headers] error 1

make[3]: leaving directory `/home/nios2/uclinux-dist/uclibc&#39;

make[2]: *** [uclibc] error 2

make[2]: leaving directory `/home/nios2/uclinux-dist/lib&#39;

make[1]: *** [all] error 2

make[1]: leaving directory `/home/nios2/uclinux-dist/lib&#39;

make: *** [subdirs] error 1

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make menuconfig

check if you have the correct target? Altera, nios2nommu, and Libc version must be None.

Vendor/Product Selection --->

--- Select the Vendor you wish to target

(Altera) Vendor

--- Select the Product you wish to target

(nios2nommu) Altera Products

Kernel/Library/Defaults Selection --->

(linux-2.6.x) Kernel Version

(None) Libc Version

[ ] Default all settings (lose changes)

[ ] Customize Kernel Settings

[ ] Customize Vendor/User Settings

[ ] Update Default Vendor Settings

Then <exit> <exit> <yes>

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Hippo,

I just tried compilying the new kernel, I applied the patches to it. I also enabled the SMC 91C111 support for my ALtera Development Board. This is what I get when I try to boot up:

uClinux/Nios II

Altera Nios II support © 2004 Microtronix Datacom Ltd.

Built 1 zonelists

Kernel command line:

PID hash table entries: 128 (order: 7, 512 bytes)

Dentry cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)

Inode-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)

Memory available: 14512k/16384k RAM, 0k/0k ROM (1261k kernel code, 453k data)

Mount-cache hash table entries: 512

NET: Registered protocol family 16

NET: Registered protocol family 2

IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)

TCP established hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)

TCP bind hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)

TCP: Hash tables configured (established 1024 bind 1024)

TCP reno registered

io scheduler noop registered

io scheduler deadline registered (default)

NIOS serial driver version 0.0

ttyS0 (irq = 4) is a builtin NIOS UART

RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size 1024 blocksize

smc91x: not found (-19).

TCP bic registered

NET: Registered protocol family 1

NET: Registered protocol family 17

VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(0,0)

Please append a correct "root=" boot option

Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)

Hello,

I had a few questions about compilation.

1.) The patch which is provided in the wiki does not succedd every where instead there are a lot of failures for the new uclinux distribution not the test distribution.

2.) Should I go yes for all the patching question about changing the already patched files for nios.

3.) Even after doing that it says. your ptf file is not a SYSTEM ptf file--> This lead me to change the perl script by hard-coding the ptf file itself this makes the nios_system.h file but again the make fails I do not understand why?

Any help would be appreciated.

regards,

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originally posted by madman23@Oct 27 2006, 03:05 PM

hello,

i had a few questions about compilation.

1.) the patch which is provided in the wiki does not succedd every where instead there are a lot of failures for the new uclinux distribution not the test distribution.

2.) should i go yes for all the patching question about changing the already patched files for nios.

3.) even after doing that it says. your ptf file is not a system ptf file--> this lead me to change the perl script by hard-coding the ptf file itself this makes the nios_system.h file but again the make fails i do not understand why?

any help would be appreciated.

regards,

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Don&#39;t get mad.

You should not use the old patches uClinux-dist.diff.gz , which is for old uClinux-dist-test-20060511.

You should use ONLY ONCE uClinux-dist-20060803-nios2-02.diff.gz, and apply to uClinux-dist-20060803.tar.bz2 .

I checked again, and didn&#39;t see any patch erro.

Please remove old dirs, rm -rf ~/uClinux-dist and try again..

zcat ~/download/uClinux-dist-20060803-nios2-02.diff.gz | patch -p0

patching file vendors/Altera/nios2nommu/config.vendor

patching file vendors/Altera/nios2nommu/config.arch

patching file vendors/Altera/nios2nommu/config.linux-2.6.x

patching file vendors/Altera/nios2nommu/Makefile

patching file linux-2.6.x/include/asm-nios2nommu/futex.h

patching file linux-2.6.x/include/asm-nios2nommu/poll.h

patching file linux-2.6.x/include/asm-nios2nommu/bitops.h

patching file linux-2.6.x/include/asm-nios2nommu/nios.h

patching file linux-2.6.x/include/asm-nios2nommu/atomic.h

patching file linux-2.6.x/include/asm-nios2nommu/io.h

patching file linux-2.6.x/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh

patching file linux-2.6.x/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c

patching file linux-2.6.x/usr/Makefile

patching file linux-2.6.x/arch/nios2nommu/kernel/setup.c

patching file linux-2.6.x/arch/nios2nommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S

patching file linux-2.6.x/arch/nios2nommu/Kconfig

patching file linux-2.6.x/arch/nios2nommu/scripts/PTF/SystemPTF/Module.pm

patching file linux-2.6.x/arch/nios2nommu/mm/init.c

patching file linux-2.6.x/drivers/net/Kconfig

patching file Makefile

patching file user/wireless_tools/Makefile

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originally posted by hippo+oct 27 2006, 08:45 pm--><div class='quotetop'>quote (hippo @ oct 27 2006, 08:45 pm)</div>

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<!--quotebegin-madman23@Oct 27 2006, 03:05 PM

hello,

i had a few questions about compilation.

1.) the patch which is provided in the wiki does not succedd every where instead there are a lot of failures for the new uclinux distribution not the test distribution.

2.) should i go yes for all the patching question about changing the already patched files for nios.

3.) even after doing that it says. your ptf file is not a system ptf file--> this lead me to change the perl script by hard-coding the ptf file itself this makes the nios_system.h file but again the make fails i do not understand why?

any help would be appreciated.

regards,

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Don&#39;t get mad.

You should not use the old patches uClinux-dist.diff.gz , which is for old uClinux-dist-test-20060511.

You should use ONLY ONCE uClinux-dist-20060803-nios2-02.diff.gz, and apply to uClinux-dist-20060803.tar.bz2 .

I checked again, and didn&#39;t see any patch erro.

Please remove old dirs, rm -rf ~/uClinux-dist and try again..

zcat ~/download/uClinux-dist-20060803-nios2-02.diff.gz | patch -p0

patching file vendors/Altera/nios2nommu/config.vendor

patching file vendors/Altera/nios2nommu/config.arch

patching file vendors/Altera/nios2nommu/config.linux-2.6.x

patching file vendors/Altera/nios2nommu/Makefile

patching file linux-2.6.x/include/asm-nios2nommu/futex.h

patching file linux-2.6.x/include/asm-nios2nommu/poll.h

patching file linux-2.6.x/include/asm-nios2nommu/bitops.h

patching file linux-2.6.x/include/asm-nios2nommu/nios.h

patching file linux-2.6.x/include/asm-nios2nommu/atomic.h

patching file linux-2.6.x/include/asm-nios2nommu/io.h

patching file linux-2.6.x/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh

patching file linux-2.6.x/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c

patching file linux-2.6.x/usr/Makefile

patching file linux-2.6.x/arch/nios2nommu/kernel/setup.c

patching file linux-2.6.x/arch/nios2nommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S

patching file linux-2.6.x/arch/nios2nommu/Kconfig

patching file linux-2.6.x/arch/nios2nommu/scripts/PTF/SystemPTF/Module.pm

patching file linux-2.6.x/arch/nios2nommu/mm/init.c

patching file linux-2.6.x/drivers/net/Kconfig

patching file Makefile

patching file user/wireless_tools/Makefile

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Thanks for the quick reply