User:Urjaman/Building the kernel on the Pandora - Revision history

Urjaman: /* Checkout pandora-kernel */

2012-03-26T02:17:29Z

‎Checkout pandora-kernel

2012-03-26T02:17:04Z

‎Checkout pandora-kernel

2012-03-25T23:12:07Z

2010-10-30T10:41:49Z

‎I only have a FAT32 formatted SD card

2010-10-30T10:40:19Z

‎Fix Makefile

2010-10-30T10:36:32Z

‎Install local toolchain and git

2010-10-30T10:30:54Z

Fixed per comments on IRC

2010-10-30T10:16:34Z

‎Build the kernel

2010-10-30T10:15:04Z

add some helpful lines

2010-10-30T10:07:25Z

‎Open up a terminal

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 == Checkout pandora-kernel ==
   git clone --depth=1 git://git.openpandora.org/pandora-kernel.git
-  cd pandora-kernel && git checkout --track -b pandora-27-omap1 origin/pandora-27-omap1
+  cd pandora-kernel && git checkout --track -b pandora-27-omap1 origin/pandora-27-omap1 && cd ..
 This will take a moment. Go grab your chosen beverage.

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 == Checkout pandora-kernel ==
   git clone --depth=1 git://git.openpandora.org/pandora-kernel.git
 This will take a moment. Go grab your chosen beverage.

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 == Install local toolchain and git ==
-Open up a terminal if you havent already.
+Open up a terminal if you havent already. This stuff (opkg) is currently quite dangerous and you might end up breaking your install. I recommend using an SD install for this.
   sudo opkg update
-This is untested and IIRC I needed to fiddle with the names a bit.
+This is untested  and IIRC I needed to fiddle with the names a bit.
 You can "search" for a name with eg. with sudo opkg list | grep name
   sudo opkg install gcc gcc-symlinks make binutils-dev cpp cpp-symlinks g++ \
   g++-symlinks libstdc++-dev git u-boot-mkimage
 == Get ext2 space ==

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   mkdir dev && cd dev
 ==== I only have a FAT32 formatted SD card ====
-Then you can create an ext2 loop file (1GiB) the card:
+Then you can create an ext2 loop file (1GiB) on the card:
   cd /media/<fatcard>
   dd if=/dev/zero of=dev.ext2 bs=1M count=1024

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 == Fix Makefile ==
-This gem is from vminko's ebuild
+This gem is from vminko's ebuild.
   sed -i 's/?= arm-linux-/=/' Makefile

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 This is still a WIP set of notes. Testing in progress.
 Will add SGX and WiFi module building later.
 == Install local toolchain and git ==
   sudo opkg update
 This is untested and IIRC I needed to fiddle with the names a bit.
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 == Get ext2 space ==
 === Choose from ===
-==== root in SD ====
+==== I run my OS from SD ====
   mkdir dev && cd dev
-==== ext2 formatted SD card ====
+==== I have an ext2 formatted SD card ====
   cd /media/<ext2card>
   mkdir dev && cd dev
-==== ext2 loop file (1GiB) on an SD card ====
+==== I only have a FAT32 formatted SD card ====
   cd /media/<fatcard>
   dd if=/dev/zero of=dev.ext2 bs=1M count=1024
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   cd pandora-kernel
 Here cross-ref against ../openpandora.oe/recipes/linux/omap3-pandora-kernel_2.6.27-pandora.bb wont hurt.
 Warning: Mega-list-of-commands follows, formatted it as an sh script if needed
   #!/bin/bash -e

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 == Build the kernel ==
 This will take time and CPU power, so if you're like me, dont forget to overclock.
 Modules, if desired:
   make modules

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-This is still a WIP set of notes. Wikification in progress.
+This is still a WIP set of notes. Testing in progress.
 == Open up a terminal ==
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 == Checkout pandora-kernel ==
   git clone --depth=1 git://git.openpandora.org/pandora-kernel.git
 == Checkout and apply patches ==
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 == Build the kernel ==
   make modules
   make uImage
 if you want to install modules:
   sudo make modules_install