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

[Andrew Bradford]

Hi Michele,

I've created a trac ticket for this: http://trac.clfs.org/ticket/1122

Thanks for bringing this to our attention! :)
-Andrew

On 02/17 17:23, Michele Bucca wrote:
> 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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