**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Tue Oct 02 02:59:58 2012 Oct 02 07:17:06 i managed to build the zImage Oct 02 07:17:26 how do I get an initrd.gz Oct 02 07:17:28 ? Oct 02 07:26:06 SeanAM: I didn't use one Oct 02 07:26:20 oh Oct 02 07:26:23 hmm... Oct 02 07:26:30 the kernel doesn't boot Oct 02 07:27:45 do you get any output on screen? Oct 02 07:27:56 nope it turns white Oct 02 07:28:13 first I get a screen that looks like white noise Oct 02 07:28:19 then I get a white screen Oct 02 07:28:38 what I did was I built a cross compiler Oct 02 07:28:42 from scratch Oct 02 07:28:55 arm-none-eabi- Oct 02 07:29:04 and used that to compile the kernel Oct 02 07:29:55 hm.. I get the white noise screen, but then kernel output appears shortly thereafter Oct 02 07:30:23 I used the codesourcery toolchain to build my kernel Oct 02 07:31:12 oh Oct 02 07:33:32 do you recon that it's an issue with my tool chain? Oct 02 07:34:51 possibly, but I've never built my own toolchain. always used codesourcery for arm compiling. Oct 02 07:36:03 when you compiled the kernel it should look something like: make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/path/to/arm-none-eabi- Oct 02 07:37:19 yup Oct 02 07:37:28 and the file type is Oct 02 07:38:13 ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, not stripped Oct 02 07:38:43 oh that's when I compile a simple helloworld using the cross compiler Oct 02 07:39:12 when I say qemu-arm hello Oct 02 07:39:16 It says hello world Oct 02 07:39:22 so the binary file is correct Oct 02 07:42:16 and you're using 3.4.7 kernel sources? Oct 02 07:43:06 yup Oct 02 07:44:53 I'm recompiling it Oct 02 07:44:56 let me try again Oct 02 07:48:57 it's giving an error now Oct 02 07:49:21 error when compiling? Oct 02 07:49:26 yup Oct 02 07:49:44 cf8385 Oct 02 07:49:47 is missing Oct 02 07:49:52 I think I need to download that Oct 02 07:50:50 that's the firmware for the wireless Oct 02 07:51:28 cool Oct 02 07:51:33 I added the files Oct 02 07:51:37 they are compiling now Oct 02 07:54:38 OMG IT BOOTED Oct 02 07:54:41 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Oct 02 07:54:49 IT BOOTED Oct 02 07:54:50 :D Oct 02 07:54:51 :D Oct 02 07:54:51 :D Oct 02 07:54:54 *dances* Oct 02 07:54:56 nice :) Oct 02 07:55:47 Thanks so much mate Oct 02 07:55:51 for all the help Oct 02 07:56:01 no problemo.. have fun :P Oct 02 07:57:26 time for me to go to bed.. but if you do anything cool, be sure to lemmie know ;) Oct 02 07:57:35 for sure Oct 02 07:57:36 :) Oct 02 08:17:06 SeanAM: you shouldn't need cf8385 firmware ... only the driver Oct 02 08:17:17 you use cf8381 firmware Oct 02 08:36:12 Thanks for the info Oct 02 17:25:53 mozzwald, got kernel 3.5.4 to book Oct 02 17:25:56 *boot Oct 02 18:13:48 SeanAM: cool, is all the hardware working ok? Oct 02 19:00:03 so far so good Oct 02 19:00:21 I'm trying to get a LFS Linux up and running on it Oct 02 19:00:27 lets see how that goes Oct 02 19:00:39 Then I'll be able to tell how well the hardware works Oct 02 19:07:19 SeanAM: cool. you have serial hooked up? Oct 02 19:07:39 SeanAM: do you compile that on-board? if so, make sure you compile with -flto Oct 02 19:08:30 nope I'm cross compiling Oct 02 19:08:39 and then loading it onto SD Oct 02 19:09:21 I do have the Palm TX hooked onto the USB Oct 02 19:09:28 not sure how to access the USB Oct 02 19:09:43 not sure if it's even possible Oct 02 19:10:41 cdc ethernet Oct 02 19:11:07 I haven't tried. if you'd like I can tar up my debian rootfs which has usable gui Oct 02 19:12:34 mozzwald, would be really greatful Oct 02 19:12:42 k, gimme a bit Oct 02 19:12:46 k Oct 02 19:16:05 ain't it easier to simply run multistrap ? Oct 02 19:18:31 Marex, I'm on Ubuntu Oct 02 19:18:49 and the one that has Debian doesn't have a USB drive or anything for that matter Oct 02 19:18:50 lol Oct 02 19:18:59 I just use the Debain machine to chat Oct 02 19:20:52 usb drive? what for ? Oct 02 19:21:00 I think multistrap works on ubucrap too Oct 02 19:21:10 let me see Oct 02 19:21:43 brb Oct 02 19:28:33 SeanAM: md5sum 4f91384cdf18601479b210e995102371 http://mozzwald.homelinux.net/debian-rootfs-gui_20121002.tar.bz2 Oct 02 22:52:53 off to bed... will be back on this adventure again tomorrow Oct 02 22:52:55 night all **** ENDING LOGGING AT Wed Oct 03 02:59:59 2012