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--- In "ian_mccrum_mi5afl" <> wrote: > > I note you are using ubuntu 8.10, I have been compiling the kernel and > complete ramdisk image for the the cirrus development EDB9307a board > using ubuntu 8.04. When I rebuilt my laptop for Ubunutu 8.10 I have > had many problems - including the PATH_MAX problem you had. > > This error is easy to get around - either #include <limits.h> or just > #define PATH_MAX with a number - I stuck in 4096 but you'd need to > check that value... not sure if the filesystem on the flash has a > limit hard coded. If the host system is causing a problem, then the cross compiler package would seem to be "broken" because its entire purpose is to build software for a different system than the host. If I moved to a different host system and the PATH_MAX problem went away, that I could be sure I wasn't using th e cross compiler. Or at least, not using it correctly. Given the simplicity of the instructions provided, it looks difficult to use incorrectly. So I can only assume that Technologic never actually built their kernel using the kernel source package they distribute. Most likely, they keep a "clean" kernel source tree around and apply all of the patches, etc, that they actually used in the kernel release, then package it and post it to their ftp server. But with the version I was told to download, they made at least one mistake: Either they forgot to apply the PATH_MAX patch, or they didn't include the correct ts7800_config file(s). They could easily have made more, since this means that the definitely did not test that the source they were distributing was actually compilable. Or they did test and didn't care (or didn't notice) that it failed to compile successfully (they could fail to notice if a previous build had succeeded and left a kernel where they expected to find the newly built one). Sorry if my blunt statements bother anyone reading here, but I cannot imagine any other way to interpret the facts that I have. __._,_.___
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