[LinuxBIOS] Distros

Hello,
What Linux Distro is everyone using to build LinuxBIOS? I only ask  
because the one I am using is having an issue right now.

Thanks - Joe

[bxshi]

> What Linux Distro is everyone using to build LinuxBIOS? I only ask
> because the one I am using is having an issue right now.

I use Suse 10.1.

bxshi

[Peter Stuge]

On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 04:50:09AM -0500, [e-mail] wrote:
> Hello,
> What Linux Distro is everyone using to build LinuxBIOS? I only ask  
> because the one I am using is having an issue right now.

Gentoo, gcc 3.3.6, 3.4.5 or 4.1.1, binutils 2.17

//Peter

[Uwe Hermann]

On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 04:50:09AM -0500, [e-mail] wrote:
> Hello,
> What Linux Distro is everyone using to build LinuxBIOS? I only ask  
> because the one I am using is having an issue right now.

Debian unstable, but that really doesn't matter, I think.

Please post your error messages to the list. It's unlikely that your
problems are (really) distro-specific...

Uwe.

[ron minnich]

On 3/5/07, Uwe Hermann  wrote:
> Please post your error messages to the list. It's unlikely that your
> problems are (really) distro-specific...

well, I have looked at joe's problem and it is confusing. More
binutils problems. I am not sure what it is, but joe's problem  is
seen on fc6.

ron

Quoting ron minnich :
> On 3/5/07, Uwe Hermann  wrote:
> > Please post your error messages to the list. It's unlikely that your
> > problems are (really) distro-specific...
>
> well, I have looked at joe's problem and it is confusing. More
> binutils problems. I am not sure what it is, but joe's problem  is
> seen on fc6.
>
> ron

Actually I tried it first on an updated FC5 system with no luck and  
then FC6. How will V3 help with this kind of problem? Is it more OS  
independent?

Thanks - Joe

[Stefan Reinauer]

* [e-mail]  [070305 22:26]:
> Actually I tried it first on an updated FC5 system with no luck and  
> then FC6. How will V3 help with this kind of problem? Is it more OS  
> independent?

yes, we added a mechanism that allows detection of such things.

Did you try to disable the stack protector thing Corey mentioned?

Quoting Stefan Reinauer :
> [e-mail]  [070305 22:26]:
> > Actually I tried it first on an updated FC5 system with no luck and
> > then FC6. How will V3 help with this kind of problem? Is it more OS
> > independent?
>
> yes, we added a mechanism that allows detection of such things.
>
> Did you try to disable the stack protector thing Corey mentioned?

No, I think I am going to just try Gentoo though. It's time for a  
change, I have been using Fedora/Redhat for many years. And I have  
heard great things about Gentoo.

Thanks - Joe

[Corey Osgood]

[e-mail] wrote:
> No, I think I am going to just try Gentoo though. It's time for a  
> change, I have been using Fedora/Redhat for many years. And I have  
> heard great things about Gentoo.
>
> Thanks - Joe

Well, just for the record, I've intalled FC6 x86 in QEMU from the DVD 
iso, and tried both with and without SELinux enabled, and I had 
absolutely no build errors on several targets (via epia, asus p2b, and a 
couple tyan boards). I didn't even have to turn off stack protectors, 
and this is a fully updated system. I'm not sure where your error was 
coming from or even what it was, sorry. Enjoy Gentoo, cya again in a 
week or so when you're done compiling the base system ;)

-Corey

Quoting Corey Osgood :
> [e-mail] wrote:
> > No, I think I am going to just try Gentoo though. It's time for a    
> > change, I have been using Fedora/Redhat for many years. And I have   
> >  heard great things about Gentoo.
> >
> > Thanks - Joe
>
> Well, just for the record, I've intalled FC6 x86 in QEMU from the DVD
> iso, and tried both with and without SELinux enabled, and I had
> absolutely no build errors on several targets (via epia, asus p2b, and
> a couple tyan boards). I didn't even have to turn off stack protectors,
> and this is a fully updated system. I'm not sure where your error was
> coming from or even what it was, sorry. Enjoy Gentoo, cya again in a
> week or so when you're done compiling the base system ;)
>
> -Corey

Hmm very strange. Both Ron and I tried it on FC5 and FC6 with no luck??
This was the error:

---------------------------------------
cp linuxbios_ram.nrv2b linuxbios_ram.rom
echo '/*ldoptions*/' > ldscript.ld; cat ldoptions >> ldscript.ld ; for
file in  /root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src/arch/i386/init/ldscript.lb
/root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src//cpu/x86/16bit/entry16.lds
/root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src//cpu/x86/32bit/entry32.lds
/root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src//cpu/x86/32bit/reset32.lds
/root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src//arch/i386/lib/id.lds ; do echo /* $file
*/ >> ldscript.ld; cat $file >> ldscript.ld ; done
gcc -m32 -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o
nm -n linuxbios | sort > linuxbios.map
objcopy --gap-fill 0xff -O binary linuxbios linuxbios.strip
objcopy: linuxbios.strip: Bad value
objcopy: linuxbios.strip: Bad value
make[1]: *** [linuxbios.strip] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/targets/rca/rm4100/rm4100/normal'
make: *** [normal/linuxbios.rom] Error 1
-----------------------------------------

Maybe I will try a fresh install of FC6???

Thanks - Joe

[Stefan Reinauer]

* [e-mail]  [070308 06:57]:
> Hmm very strange. Both Ron and I tried it on FC5 and FC6 with no luck??
> This was the error:
>
> gcc -m32 -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o
> nm -n linuxbios | sort > linuxbios.map
> objcopy --gap-fill 0xff -O binary linuxbios linuxbios.strip
> objcopy: linuxbios.strip: Bad value
> objcopy: linuxbios.strip: Bad value
> make[1]: *** [linuxbios.strip] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/targets/rca/rm4100/rm4100/normal'
> make: *** [normal/linuxbios.rom] Error 1
>
> Maybe I will try a fresh install of FC6???

Sounds like they have a biarch compiler but no biarch binutils?

[Steven James]

Greetings,

I had the same issue with FC3, but it resolved when I reduced the size of
the code a bit. For some reason, Fedora's objcopy apparently misses the
real error and then has another problem.

G'day,
sjames

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On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 [e-mail] wrote:
> Quoting Corey Osgood :
> > [e-mail] wrote:
> > > No, I think I am going to just try Gentoo though. It's time for a
> > > change, I have been using Fedora/Redhat for many years. And I have
> > >  heard great things about Gentoo.
> > >
> > > Thanks - Joe
> >
> > Well, just for the record, I've intalled FC6 x86 in QEMU from the DVD
> > iso, and tried both with and without SELinux enabled, and I had
> > absolutely no build errors on several targets (via epia, asus p2b, and
> > a couple tyan boards). I didn't even have to turn off stack protectors,
> > and this is a fully updated system. I'm not sure where your error was
> > coming from or even what it was, sorry. Enjoy Gentoo, cya again in a
> > week or so when you're done compiling the base system ;)
> >
> > -Corey
>
> Hmm very strange. Both Ron and I tried it on FC5 and FC6 with no luck??
> This was the error:
>
> cp linuxbios_ram.nrv2b linuxbios_ram.rom
> echo '/*ldoptions*/' > ldscript.ld; cat ldoptions >> ldscript.ld ; for
> file in  /root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src/arch/i386/init/ldscript.lb
> /root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src//cpu/x86/16bit/entry16.lds
> /root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src//cpu/x86/32bit/entry32.lds
> /root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src//cpu/x86/32bit/reset32.lds
> /root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src//arch/i386/lib/id.lds ; do echo /* $file
> */ >> ldscript.ld; cat $file >> ldscript.ld ; done
> gcc -m32 -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o
> nm -n linuxbios | sort > linuxbios.map
> objcopy --gap-fill 0xff -O binary linuxbios linuxbios.strip
> objcopy: linuxbios.strip: Bad value
> objcopy: linuxbios.strip: Bad value
> make[1]: *** [linuxbios.strip] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/targets/rca/rm4100/rm4100/normal'
> make: *** [normal/linuxbios.rom] Error 1
>
> Maybe I will try a fresh install of FC6???
>
> Thanks - Joe

Quoting Steven James :
> Greetings,
>
> I had the same issue with FC3, but it resolved when I reduced the size of
> the code a bit. For some reason, Fedora's objcopy apparently misses the
> real error and then has another problem.
>
> G'day,
> sjames
>
> ||||| |||| |||||||||||||  |||
> by Linux Labs International, Inc.
>    Steven James, CTO
>
> 55 Marietta Street
> Suite 1830
> Atlanta, Ga 30303
> 866 824 9737 support
>
> On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 [e-mail] wrote:
> > Quoting Corey Osgood :
> > > [e-mail] wrote:
> > > > No, I think I am going to just try Gentoo though. It's time for a
> > > > change, I have been using Fedora/Redhat for many years. And I have
> > > >  heard great things about Gentoo.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks - Joe
> > >
> > > Well, just for the record, I've intalled FC6 x86 in QEMU from the DVD
> > > iso, and tried both with and without SELinux enabled, and I had
> > > absolutely no build errors on several targets (via epia, asus p2b, and
> > > a couple tyan boards). I didn't even have to turn off stack protectors,
> > > and this is a fully updated system. I'm not sure where your error was
> > > coming from or even what it was, sorry. Enjoy Gentoo, cya again in a
> > > week or so when you're done compiling the base system ;)
> > >
> > > -Corey
> >
> > Hmm very strange. Both Ron and I tried it on FC5 and FC6 with no luck??
> > This was the error:
> >
> > cp linuxbios_ram.nrv2b linuxbios_ram.rom
> > echo '/*ldoptions*/' > ldscript.ld; cat ldoptions >> ldscript.ld ; for
> > file in  /root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src/arch/i386/init/ldscript.lb
> > /root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src//cpu/x86/16bit/entry16.lds
> > /root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src//cpu/x86/32bit/entry32.lds
> > /root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src//cpu/x86/32bit/reset32.lds
> > /root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src//arch/i386/lib/id.lds ; do echo /* $file
> > */ >> ldscript.ld; cat $file >> ldscript.ld ; done
> > gcc -m32 -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o
> > nm -n linuxbios | sort > linuxbios.map
> > objcopy --gap-fill 0xff -O binary linuxbios linuxbios.strip
> > objcopy: linuxbios.strip: Bad value
> > objcopy: linuxbios.strip: Bad value
> > make[1]: *** [linuxbios.strip] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory
> > `/root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/targets/rca/rm4100/rm4100/normal'
> > make: *** [normal/linuxbios.rom] Error 1
> >
> > Maybe I will try a fresh install of FC6???
> >
> > Thanks - Joe

I would like to report I did a fresh install of FC6 and it seems to be  
working fine now. I am able to build just about everything exept one.  
The digitallogic adl855pc. I think the code is broken in the i855pm  
northbridge somewhere but I can't seem to put my finger on it.  
Cananyone confirm this? Would someone try to build it for me to see  
what happens?

Thanks - Joe

[Corey Osgood]

[e-mail] wrote:
> Hello,
> What Linux Distro is everyone using to build LinuxBIOS? I only ask  
> because the one I am using is having an issue right now.
>
> Thanks - Joe

Ubuntu x86, using gcc 3.4.6 (4.1.2 reguires -fno-stack-protector passed
to it), or else gentoo using the latest gcc in stable, depending on
which machine I'm on.

-Corey