[Buildroot] Buildroot and Linux/ARM on AT91SAM9260

[Ryan Ordway]

On Dec 17, 2007, at 2:49 PM, Ivan Kuten wrote:

>>
>>
>> Of course, I can't get a 2.6.23 kernel to even boot at all, but that
>> may be the same toolchain issues. My 2.6.21.6 kernel seems to be
>> working ok
>
> As I understood 2.6.23 is not bootable at all? Is it differs by size  
> from 2.6.21.6 built by
> correct toolchain?
>
> I have not bootable 2.6.23 kernel image of 4MB built by svn  
> toolchain and
> the same kernel built by toolchain of 1O Oct 2007 is ok and is only  
> 1.2MB
>
> May be 2.18 binutils used in svn buildroot has some issues.
>
> Definitely svn ARM buildroot has some issues. Need to investigate  
> more.


Correct. My 2.6.21.6 kernel is about 1.1MB. My 2.6.23.9 kernel is >  
4MB. I get the "Uncompressing Linux....." etc. then a few gibberish  
characters and then it freezes. I'm assuming something is wacky about  
that particular toolchain combination. I'll try using binutils 2.17  
and see if that helps.

Ryan


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