how to build root filesystem for ixp425

[Stavros Markou]

Hi,
Is there anyone form the developers-authors of the Makefile.inc1 file
who can explain to me the below :

I don't understand the check about BUILD_ARCH and TARGET_ARCH or for
that matter MACHINE_ARCH.
I think, and let me know if i am wrong, that BUILD_ARCH must be whatever
is the ARCH of the Host system. If i am right on this then why there is
this check inside Makefile.inc1 :

if ${MACHINE_ARCH) != ${BUILD_ARCH}
.error To cross-build, set TARGET_ARCH.
.endif

In my case BUILD_ARCH is i386 and as it is supposed to be (?)
TARGET_ARCH=arm.
-mbig-endian option does not apply to i386 gcc only to arm cross
compiler.

Best Regards,

Stavros.

On Mon, 2008-08-18 at 17:37 +0200, John Hay wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 03:54:03PM +0300, Stavros Markou wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > You are using this script with which release of FreeBSD ? In order to
> > use this script do you set as tools the cross tools or native i386 (or
> > any other host arch) ?
> 
> I do not need to set anything else for it to work. I do sometimes
> set things like NO_PROFILE, but that is only to speed things up. It
> will build the crosstools by itself as needed. You only need a checked
> out /usr/src tree. The box(es) I run this on are i386 boxes.
> 
> Just to check, I started the buildworld line (the first one) on my
> home box, which is running 7-stable from Aug 17, and it fired up
> without a problem... It will take a while to finish though, but I do
> not forsee a problem. I'll send you an email if it does not finish.
> 
> > I am using currently 7.0 release p2 and i cannot pass the error with
> > cross build (keeps telling me to set TARGET_ARCH but it is already set
> > by me as a command-line option of the make)
> 
> I mostly do this on 7-stable, sorry I rarely run releases and never pX
> releases. I also often do it on current and it has been a while since
> I have done it on 6-stable.
> 
> Thinking about it, maybe you should remove all your env settings,
> and then try just that buildworld line of mine. If that does not work,
> clean out your /usr/obj and usr/src directories and get a new copy of
> /usr/src and try again. If it then still do not work, show us the
> error message.
> 
> > On Mon, 2008-08-18 at 14:49 +0200, John Hay wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:42:26AM +0300, Stavros Markou wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > I am trying to build a root filesystem using the mini guide at
> > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~cognet/freebsd_arm.txt but with no luck for
> > > > IXP425. Just to clarify some things :
> > > > 
> > > > When i am doing a buildworld inside /usr/src all these env variables
> > > > inside the mini guide must be exported ? 
> > > > What about BUILD_ARCH ? By default i am building a filesystem at a i386
> > > > machine so BUILD_ARCH has the i386 value.
> > > > 
> > > > I am using Freebsd 7.0 and i also have seen the wiki for AVILA but i got
> > > > the same Makefile.inc1 error for setting TARGET_ARCH (even though i am
> > > > setting TARGET_ARCH=arm)
> > > > I have build the kernel which is loaded fine but when the root
> > > > filesystem is mounted via NFS i get : exec /sbin/init : error 8 , so i
> > > > think that maybe the root filesystem i 've built is not right.
> > > 
> > > My script do this:
> > > 
> > > rm -rf /armdist
> > > chflags -R 0 /armdist
> > > rm -rf /armdist
> > > mkdir /armdist
> > > make TARGET_ARCH=arm TARGET_CPUTYPE=xscale TARGET_BIG_ENDIAN=true buildworld
> > > make TARGET_ARCH=arm TARGET_CPUTYPE=xscale TARGET_BIG_ENDIAN=true DESTDIR=/armdist installworld
> > > make TARGET_ARCH=arm TARGET_CPUTYPE=xscale TARGET_BIG_ENDIAN=true DESTDIR=/armdist distribution
> > > 
> > > John
> 
> John

Stavros Markou 
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