On 16 Jul 2012, at 22:02, Ross Burton wrote: > On Monday, 16 July 2012 at 21:25, Chris Tapp wrote: >> I've built the 'atom-pc' kernel as follows: >> >> 1) git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky.git >> (http://git.yoctoproject.org/poky.git) >> 2) git checkout denzil >> 3) source poky/oe-init-build-env work-area >> 4) Edit local.conf so that threads/parallel make are both 16 and MACHINE is >> 'atom-pc' >> 8) bitbake virtual/kernel. >> >> However, the kernel that gets produced fails to boot. All I get is a screen >> full of random characters and nothing comes out of the serial port >> (configured for kernel messages). I don't get any 'Loading...' or >> 'Uncompressing...' messages either. Using a kernel image from else where >> (e.g. Voyage Linux) works as expected. >> >> What do I need to do differently to get the above to build a bootable image? >> I'm assuming that 'atom-pc' works for others? > How are you actually booting the kernel? I frequently boot the generated > hddimg when written to a USB stick on my Zotac box, but it's well known that > PC hardware is a nightmare to boot reliably...
I've got a USB stick with Extlinux on it. The profile I use is always the same - I just change the 'KERNEL' stanza to point to a different kernel image. opensou...@keylevel.com www.keylevel.com _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
