[Clfs-support] [CLFS-embedded] Error inside the book: 6.3. Linux-4.4.21

[Michele Bucca]

2017-02-17 17:01 GMT+01:00 Andrew Bradford <andrew at bradfordembedded.com>:
> Hi Michele,
>
> On 02/14 20:57, Michele Bucca wrote:
>> 2017-02-14 13:11 GMT+01:00 Michele Bucca <michele.bucca at gmail.com>:
>> > on the page that explains how to compile the kernel there's an error
>> >
>> > at a certain point the book suggests to use the following command to
>> > generate a default config as an alternative to:
>> >
>> > make ARCH=${CLFS_ARCH} CROSS_COMPILE=${CLFS_TARGET}- menuconfig
>
> This should always work to allow the user to use the menuconfig ncurses
> interface to configure the kernel how they want.
>
>> > the alternative command is:
>> >
>> > make ${CLFS_TARGET}_defconfig
>
> The book notes that this alternate or 'make oldconfig' "may be more
> appropriate in some situations. See the README file for more
> information."
>
>> > However it is WRONG! and it should be:
>> >
>> > make ${CLFS_ARCH}_defconfig
>>
>> WRONG AGAIN: it should be
>>
>> make i386_defconfig for x86
>> make x86_64_defconfig for x86_64
>> make (dunnowhat)_defconfig for arm (look in arch/arm/configs/ dir)
>
> Yes, you are correct that using CLFS_ARCH here is not the right
> thing to do.  Unfortunately, we don't seem to have any generic way to
> easily recommend a defconfig which can be used.  defconfigs are not
> named per the architecture of the CPU in a consistent way with any
> variables used in toolchain creation.
>
> LFS just recommends as an alternate to try using "oldconfig" but to see
> the README[1], this is probably decent advice.
>
> [1]: http://linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter08/kernel.html
>
>> >
>> > the error can be fixed editing line 53 of the file at this link
>> >
>> > http://git.clfs.org/?p=clfs-embedded.git;a=blob;f=BOOK/bootable/common/kernel.xml;h=f159c4cc8617da83ee7aec1e8bf2b64067fc96e6;hb=HEAD
>
> Do you want to send a patch to the -dev mailing list to fix this?
>

Unfortunately I don't know how use git,  how to write with docbook and
I don't know how to generate a patch file. That's unfortunate.
> Thanks,
> Andrew
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