Subject: Re: Kernel cross build problems
To: Ben Harris <bjh21@netbsd.org>
From: Ian Fry <Ian.Fry@sophos.com>
List: port-arm26
Date: 11/05/2001 12:06:06
On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 10:47:50AM +0000, Ben Harris wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Ian Fry wrote:
> > Now that the arm26 port has been switched to the new toolchain, I thought
> > I'd have another go at getting my 4M A4000 running NetBSD. I've
> > successfully done a cross 'make build' using build.sh, and I've also
> > successfully cross built a kernel (in fact, I've tried the FOURMEG config
> > as well as my own). Both kernels fail to boot, resetting the machine
> > shortly after detecting my ethernet card - there is a 5 or 10 second
> > delay after that line is printed, and then the machine resets.
> >
> > Is anybody else seeing this?
> Arse.  Yes, there's a bug in the podule loader support, which bites if
> you've got an EtherH.  

:-(

> For now, backing off podloader_asm.S to rev 1.1 seems to work most of the
> time.  I'd forgotten about this.

Right, I'll try that tonight.

Am I right in thinking that shared libraries still don't work on arm26? I'm
trying to work out how much disk space I'm likely to need on this machine
(currently, it has an 80MB hard disk).

Ian.