z50 and Linux - help

I would double-check the video settings, and disable the ramdisk/initrd if you can get away with it. Generally, you should just compile in the necessary things into the kernel, and then you have much less to worry about. Things also tend to work more often when they are not modules. This does not mean go crazy, however. Just compile in the z50 stuff.

I do not see any problems with the USB support, although, USB gadgets are generally not necessary, if ever used.

Also, I do not think that the cross-compile option is necessary, as long as you type a CC= command before make. For me, this would be CC=arm-linux-gcc, because that is the name of the cross-compiler toolchain I used to compile my 720 kernel. Try this as a last resort.

Hi,
Many tks to C:Amie and PS for the comments.

I followed your suggestions eliminating the USB gadgets and the initrd and ramdisk, but can not compile!!! The last lines are
init/do_mounts.o: In function "mount_root";
do_mounts.c: (.text.init+0x7e8): undefined reference to "ip_auto_config"
do_mounts.c: (.text.init+0x7e8): relocation truncated to fit: R_MIPS_26 against "ip_auto_config"
make:*** (vmlinux) Error 1

I did quite some google for this error but did not find anything usefull.

Any ideas?

oski

Hi,
Many tks to C:Amie and PS for the comments.

I followed your suggestions eliminating the USB gadgets and the initrd and ramdisk, but can not compile!!! The last lines are
init/do_mounts.o: In function "mount_root";
do_mounts.c: (.text.init+0x7e8): undefined reference to "ip_auto_config"
do_mounts.c: (.text.init+0x7e8): relocation truncated to fit: R_MIPS_26 against "ip_auto_config"
make:*** (vmlinux) Error 1

I did quite some google for this error but did not find anything usefull.

Any ideas?

oski

Interesting! Are you using uclibc to cross-compile? Because that is the error I got when I was trying to build that toolchain! Maybe your problem could help me solve the error...

I think we need someone who really knows about compilers for this one. Snappy?!

Hi PS,

I am not using uclib. I am using a toolchain downloaded from linux-mips.org (SDE crosscompiler).

cheers

oski

Oh. Well I just do not like cross-compilers then.

What I want to find out is how Debian does it. They cross-compile _everything_.