Busybox 1.01 insmod on Linux 2.6.8

Peter S. Mazinger ps.m at gmx.net
Mon Apr 24 21:43:47 UTC 2006


On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Andrew McKay wrote:

> Peter S. Mazinger wrote:
> 
> > the binutils-2.16 required patches are at 
> > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils/linux-2.6-seg-5.patch
> > 
> > 
> 
> Hmm, it appears that this patch is exclusivly for x86 architectures.  I am cross 
> compiling for an ARM, so I don't think this patch is necessary.

correct

> >>>if needed the binutils patches are on ftp.kernel.org (due to asm changes), 
> >>>if you want to compile kernel w/ -Os, then you need another patch, search 
> >>>the uClibc archives for it (undefined memcmp in modules)
> >>
> >>I will do some searching in the archives to see what I can find.
> >>
> 
> As an update I have compiled a new cross toolchain for my ARM board consisting of:
> 	binutils-2.16.1
> 	gcc-3.4.4
> 	uClibc-0.9.28
> 
> I have built the Kernel, Module, and Busybox using this compiler and I'm still 
> having problems with insmoding modules.  I am currently in the process of 
> debugging through the code in kernel/module.c to see if I can find the problem. 
>   If I have any further updates I will update.
> 
> Andrew

give latest stable busybox first a atry if it works for you...

Peter

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