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Subject: [ts-7000] busyborx II
From: "j.chitte" <>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:54:47 -0000
--- In  "j.chitte" <> wrote:
>
> --- In  Jim Jackson <jj@> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > > Bit of a side issue, do you know a way to get the .config for
> > > busybox? The TS distributed one is pretty old and buggy and a 
> quick
> > > look at the changelog makes me quite keen to update it.
> > >
> > > I'm just cautious about borking the whole system if I dont get 
it
> > > close to the TS config.
> > 
> > I just downloaded the source, configured it using the busybox 
> configure 
> > stuff and rebuilt. You can find out which utilities are built 
into 
> the 
> > existing BB, just by executing busybox with no parameters. I add 
> extra 
> > stuff. The process is outlined on my ts7200 page
> > 
> > cheers
> > Jim
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
> ---------
> > HomePage:    http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/jj
> > TS7200 Page: http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/jj/linux/arm-sbc.html
> >
> 
> Thanks for the config file. In fact it was not that much use for 
> recent release since there are many new options and old ones have 
> disappeared or been renamed (*BILTIN*) but it serves as a guide.
> 
> However I'm now hitting a major problem. I am trying to build it 
> native on the debian image distributed by TS, booted over nfs.
> 
> It really gets nowhere because each modules fails to build with the 
> same error. Value too large for defined data type.
> 
> I'm booting the ts11 kernel noted below from flash then running 
> debian root fs over nfs .
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ### 50 x Value too large errors , then fails.
> 
> find: use: Value too large for defined data type
> find: verbose: Value too large for defined data type
> find: with: Value too large for defined data type
> scripts/basic/split-include: find: No such file or directory
> make: *** [include/config/MARKER] Error 1
> 
> #onboard kernel
> Linux arm 2.4.26-ts11 #3 Tue Jun 6 14:13:14 MST 2006 armv4l unknown
> 
> 
> TSlinux image boots fine over nfs so is this a problem with the 
> debian image ?
> 
> TIA.
>

This is getting very messy. Since 'find' is one of the tools provided 
by busybox it appears that this is another significant breakage in 
what TS are still providing as supplied software.

Worse , if anyone is daft enough to buy the "development kit" they 
actually pay money for this broken unmaintained release.

I really should not need to set up a complete cross-compiler 
development system to replace what should be provided in a working 
state.

One of the main reasons I chose a TS product was it was claimed to 
have a working mini linux out of the box and a full debian image 
suitable for installing on a USB device.

Since the supplied busybox is too broken to even rebuild it's own 
update I'll now have to find an arm binary to get out of this chicken 
and egg situation.

"Fully embrasing linux" seems to mean letting this list do most of 
the product support for them.

Anyone thinking of buying a TS product should realise they are going 
to have to get head long into embedded system development. They do 
not work out of the box as advertised.


If anyone has built a more recent busybox with working find and awk , 
would they like to post it to files section?

TIA.





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