Hi all! I'm searching for an easy way of testing new kernels on my n2100. I'm familiar with the cross-compiling and kernel devel on ARM, but I'm not so familiar with the debian way of doing this.
Ideally I would like to cross-compile the kernel and the initrd image, put these files on my tftp server and tftpboot my n2100 (so I don't flash a non-working kernel). I tried to cross-compile the kernel (using a toolchain provided by the emdebian project) using the following command: ARCH=arm fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --arch arm --subarch=iop32x kernel_image Since I don't know how to cross-generate the initrd image, I tried to install this packages on my n2100, but it fails with the following message: Kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.4 does not match your subarchitecture iop32x, therefore not writing it to flash. The good thing is that this kernel (and the image) is working when booted on tftp :) So I have a working (but slow and boring) development environment. 1. make-kpkg on the host machine 2. boot the n2100 with a working kernel 2. scp the package to the n2100 3. install the package on the n2100 (to generate the initrd image) 4. copy back the kernel and initrd to the /tftpboot on the host machine 5. reboot the n2100 to test the kernel+initrd image So here are my questions: 1. how to fix the problem "...does not match your subarchitecture..." ? 2. Is there a way of cross-generating the initrd-image ? I would like to know how the current developers are doing this task (kernel compiling, testing, ...), since I think there is a direct relationship with the compfort in this task and the kernel quality ;) Please let me know if there is a howto somewhere and if I'm posting on the right list. Best regards Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]