On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 05:00:04PM +0200, Roland Stigge wrote: > Hi, > > On 05/13/2013 03:40 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Mon, 2013-05-13 at 09:01 +0200, Roland Stigge wrote: > >> Source: linux > >> Version: 3.8.12-1 > >> Severity: wishlist > >> Tags: sid > >> User: debian-powerpc...@breakpoint.cc > >> Usertags: powerpcspe > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> on powerpcspe[1], linux currently FTBFS like this: > >> > >> ... > >> HOSTCC arch/powerpc/boot/mktree > >> WRAP arch/powerpc/boot/uImage > >> INFO: Uncompressed kernel (size 0x5d1000) overlaps the address of the > >> wrapper(0x400000) > >> INFO: Fixing the link_address of wrapper to (0x600000) > >> "mkimage" command not found - U-Boot images will not be built > >> make[6]: *** [arch/powerpc/boot/uImage] Error 1 > >> ... > >> > >> This is because the platforms CONFIG_MPC85xx activated in our powerpcspe > >> config > >> select CONFIG_DEFAULT_UIMAGE which leads to mkimage (for uImage creation) > >> to be > >> called. > >> > >> Adding Build-Depends: u-boot-tools fixes this. Limiting to [powerpcspe] > >> would > >> be fine for now, IMO. > > > > On many ARM platforms, u-boot images are generated by flash-kernel at > > installation time. Shouldn't this platform be handled in the same way? > > Thank you for the quick response! > > You are right - the uImage generated in the above step is not directly > used on boot (without flashing separately on typical PowerPCSPE boards). > I'm working on a solution for this, separately. > > However, the powerpc specific option CONFIG_DEFAULT_UIMAGE always tries > to build uImage at (Debian package) linux build time, see > arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile:207: > > image-$(CONFIG_DEFAULT_UIMAGE) += uImage > > So can we add u-boot-tools as build-dep for powerpcspe? Or do you have a > different suggestion for making the default package "linux" build?
Please provide a patch to disable building the unwanted file. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. - Albert Camus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org