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Subject: [ts-7000] How to verify a new kernel works?
From: "Blair" <>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:57:00 -0000
I have successfully built a new cross tool using crosstool-ng-1.6.1 and the 
arm-gcc433-ep9312-config file from this group' file section on a Debian system 
(running under Parallels on a Mac, btw).  As an aside, there were a number of 
utilities that needed to be installed e.g. autoconf, automake, bison, 
coreutils, flex, gawk and maybe one or two others.  crosstool-NG is nice enough 
to tell you what's missing and there is an experimental feature to have these 
installed for you but they don't recommend that.

Now, I just compiled the 2.6.21-ts kernel for the 7350 having changed the 
Makefile's CROSSTOOL entry to point to my new cross compiler.  This cross 
compiler uses EABI, GCC 4.3.3, and GLIBC 2.9.  The kernel built just fine.  I 
have dd'ed the Image file to the SD card and it boots just fine into Busybox.

So, the real question is, how do I know everything works?  Are there some 
common bench test procedures kernel hackers use?  Note, I haven't changed 
anything on the fed022010 SD card other than the kernel image in partition 2 
particularly the lib or usr directories.

The other question I have is that I started out this SD card using the 
feb022010 dd image but the /etc directory is completely missing.  Did TS goof 
on this dd file?  I know it exists on the SD card that originally came with the 
board.




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