[HOW-TO] Build your own kernel package from source

David Fisher · 11-30-2010, 01:47 AM

I've tried to compile this kernel but get the following build error. Has anyone else had this?

Code:

CC drivers/mtd/nand/nand_ids.o
LD drivers/mtd/nand/built-in.o
LD drivers/mtd/onenand/built-in.o
LD drivers/mtd/tests/built-in.o
LD drivers/mtd/built-in.o
CC drivers/net/mii.o
make[2]: *** No rule to make target `drivers/net/kineto_gan.o', needed by `drivers/net/built-in.o'. Stop.
make[1]: *** [drivers/net] Error 2
make: *** [drivers] Error 2

nfinitefx · 12-02-2010, 01:30 PM

Thanks for the great tutorial gbhil, works great.

this is for eveyone it is the entire tutorial in pdf for for easy access from anywhere all links included.
gbhill feel free to post it for others to have
[Only registered users can view links. ]

Right click and do "save target as"

Joeseph Mother · 12-09-2010, 03:47 AM

Trying to use this to create my first kernel for the optimus T, I know I probably shouldn't use an htc guide for an lg device, but this is the best tutorial I've seen (blatant ass kissing). So I'm using Ubuntu 9.10, because in the LG source it says 9.10 compile environment, and I downloaded java6 to match it, everything seems to go fine until putting the zimage in the boot.img, if I try to use flash_image boot /sdcard/zImage with the kernel it created, I get stuck in fastboot. If I follow the tutorial straight through and use flash_image boot /sdcard/myBoot.img, I get about 25 memory errors and a non-booting phone. So are the scripts to extract the kernel & ramdisk for the Hero only, or am I doing something (probably several things) wrong?

Joeseph Mother · 12-09-2010, 01:47 PM

Decided to start over, now I get the same error every time I run make. Any ideas?

In file included from arch/arm/kernel/../mach-msm/lge/lge_errorhandler.h:15,
from arch/arm/kernel/traps.c:37:
arch/arm/kernel/../mach-msm/lge/../smd_private.h:82:2: error: #error No SMD Package Specified; aborting
arch/arm/kernel/traps.c: In function 'dump_backtrace_entry':
arch/arm/kernel/traps.c:65: warning: too few arguments for format
arch/arm/kernel/traps.c: In function '__die':
arch/arm/kernel/traps.c:277: error: 'hidden_reset_enable' undeclared (first use in this function)
arch/arm/kernel/traps.c:277: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
arch/arm/kernel/traps.c:277: error: for each function it appears in.)
make[1]: *** [arch/arm/kernel/traps.o] Error 1
make: *** [arch/arm/kernel] Error 2

Jerry Hildenbrand · 12-09-2010, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joeseph Mother

Trying to use this to create my first kernel for the optimus T, I know I probably shouldn't use an htc guide for an lg device, but this is the best tutorial I've seen (blatant ass kissing). So I'm using Ubuntu 9.10, because in the LG source it says 9.10 compile environment, and I downloaded java6 to match it, everything seems to go fine until putting the zimage in the boot.img, if I try to use flash_image boot /sdcard/zImage with the kernel it created, I get stuck in fastboot. If I follow the tutorial straight through and use flash_image boot /sdcard/myBoot.img, I get about 25 memory errors and a non-booting phone. So are the scripts to extract the kernel & ramdisk for the Hero only, or am I doing something (probably several things) wrong?

when you repack the boot image, you need to correct memory space address (the base -- XXXXXXXXXX number) for the phone your working on. Get the right base address and the rest of the script should be just fine. Look in the kernel source here:

Code:

arch\arm\mach-msm\include\mach\memory.h

and find the section

Code:

 /* physical offset of RAM */

You should see a number for define PHYS_OFFSET, thats your base address.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joeseph Mother

Decided to start over, now I get the same error every time I run make. Any ideas?

In file included from arch/arm/kernel/../mach-msm/lge/lge_errorhandler.h:15,
from arch/arm/kernel/traps.c:37:
arch/arm/kernel/../mach-msm/lge/../smd_private.h:82:2: error: #error No SMD Package Specified; aborting
arch/arm/kernel/traps.c: In function 'dump_backtrace_entry':
arch/arm/kernel/traps.c:65: warning: too few arguments for format
arch/arm/kernel/traps.c: In function '__die':
arch/arm/kernel/traps.c:277: error: 'hidden_reset_enable' undeclared (first use in this function)
arch/arm/kernel/traps.c:277: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
arch/arm/kernel/traps.c:277: error: for each function it appears in.)
make[1]: *** [arch/arm/kernel/traps.o] Error 1
make: *** [arch/arm/kernel] Error 2

Try a "make clean" again

Joeseph Mother · 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gbhil

when you repack the boot image, you need to correct memory space address (the base -- XXXXXXXXXX number) for the phone your working on. Get the right base address and the rest of the script should be just fine. Look in the kernel source here:

Code:

arch\arm\mach-msm\include\mach\memory.h

and find the section

Code:

 /* physical offset of RAM */

You should see a number for define PHYS_OFFSET, thats your base address.

Try a "make clean" again

In memory.h, no number is present, I have:

/* physical offset of RAM */
#define PHYS_OFFSET UL(CONFIG_PHYS_OFFSET)
#define MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS 32
#define SECTION_SIZE_BITS 25
#define HAS_ARCH_IO_REMAP_PFN_RANGE
#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__

On my current setup everything is back to where it was last time (had to specify cross compile, toolchain, eabi path before clean), so I just need someone a lot smarter than me to figure out how to get my zimage loaded into the boot image. I know the zimage is good, because when I put it in the update.zip that drellidee put out, it boots fine. Thanks a lot for the help, I know idiots like me asking stupid questions can get irritating.

xandout · 12-25-2010, 08:42 PM

Hey all im trying to follow this tutorial and when i run the adb pull /proc/config.gz command it returns 'not found'. ive tried this on aospMOD_0.9.9.2 and the stock 2.27.651.5 from htc.

is this needed and if so how can i get it?

thanks in advance

asadullah · 11:05 PM

I just downloaded the source for the lg optimus m from their site so that I could find the base address. I unzipped it but there wasn't a PHYS_OFFSET in there. Any clues do I have to do something else

nevermind it's

Code:

CONFIG_PHYS_OFFSET=0x12200000

@josephmother in your output where you put,"#define PHYS_OFFSET UL(CONFIG_PHYS_OFFSET)" the words in parenthesis tell you where the PHYS_OFFSET is. So look in your config that you pulled and your base address will be

asadullah · 01-15-2011, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xandout

Hey all im trying to follow this tutorial and when i run the adb pull /proc/config.gz command it returns 'not found'. ive tried this on aospMOD_0.9.9.2 and the stock 2.27.651.5 from htc.

is this needed and if so how can i get it?

thanks in advance

I just tried it on a sprint hero running a custom version of 2.27.651.5 (only things different is it's been flashed to metro pcs and has a custom boot image and kernel) I typed this into terminal

Code:

adb remount
adb pull /proc/config.gz

it pulled it fine. The changes I made wouldn't affect whether it was there or not

RevolutionMaster · 02-06-2011, 07:31 PM

I'm having some problems following this for my Huawei U8150 running Froyo.

Problem 1: I'm unable to extract the ramdisk from the boot.img file. It complains about it not being gzipped.
Problem 2: I'm not really sure if I'm using the right wlan.ko file for this. My phone doesn't appear to have one, but it does have a system folder in the ROM that includes a wifi folder and a "ar6000.ko" file. Should I rip that out of my existing ROM?