Re: Linux v2.5.46

From: george anzinger (george@mvista.com)
Date: Mon Nov 04 2002 - 19:40:21 EST


   /usr/src/hardhat/devkit/x86/pentium3/bin/pentium3-ld -m
elf_i386 -r -o init/built-in.o init/main.o init/version.o
init/do_mounts.o init/initramfs.o
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=usr
  gcc -Wp,-MD,usr/.gen_init_cpio.d -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
-O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -o usr/gen_init_cpio
usr/gen_init_cpio.c
( cd usr ; ./gen_init_cpio | gzip -9c >
initramfs_data.cpio.gz )
/usr/src/hardhat/devkit/x86/pentium3/bin/pentium3-objcopy -I
binary -O elf32-i386 -B i386 \
        --rename-section .data=.init.initramfs \
        usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz usr/initramfs_data.o
/usr/src/hardhat/devkit/x86/pentium3/bin/pentium3-objcopy:
invalid option -- B
Usage:
/usr/src/hardhat/devkit/x86/pentium3/bin/pentium3-objcopy
<switches> in-file [out-file]
 The switches are:
  -I --input-target <bfdname> Assume input file is in
format <bfdname>
  -O --output-target <bfdname> Create an output file in
format <bfdname>
  -F --target <bfdname> Set both input and output
format to <bfdname>
     --debugging Convert debugging
information, if possible
  -p --preserve-dates Copy modified/access
timestamps to the output
  -j --only-section <name> Only copy section <name>
into the output
  -R --remove-section <name> Remove section <name>
from the output
  -S --strip-all Remove all symbol and
relocation information
  -g --strip-debug Remove all debugging
symbols
     --strip-unneeded Remove all symbols not
needed by relocations
  -N --strip-symbol <name> Do not copy symbol <name>
  -K --keep-symbol <name> Only copy symbol <name>
  -L --localize-symbol <name> Force symbol <name> to be
marked as a local
  -W --weaken-symbol <name> Force symbol <name> to be
marked as a weak
     --weaken Force all global symbols
to be marked as weak
  -x --discard-all Remove all non-global
symbols
  -X --discard-locals Remove any
compiler-generated symbols
  -i --interleave <number> Only copy one out of
every <number> bytes
  -b --byte <num> Select byte <num> in
every interleaved block
     --gap-fill <val> Fill gaps between
sections with <val>
     --pad-to <addr> Pad the last section up
to address <addr>
     --set-start <addr> Set the start address to
<addr>
    {--change-start|--adjust-start} <incr>
                                   Add <incr> to the start
address
    {--change-addresses|--adjust-vma} <incr>
                                   Add <incr> to LMA, VMA
and start addresses
    {--change-section-address|--adjust-section-vma}
<name>{=|+|-}<val>
                                   Change LMA and VMA of
section <name> by <val>
     --change-section-lma <name>{=|+|-}<val>
                                   Change the LMA of section
<name> by <val>
     --change-section-vma <name>{=|+|-}<val>
                                   Change the VMA of section
<name> by <val>
    {--[no-]change-warnings|--[no-]adjust-warnings}
                                   Warn if a named section
does not exist
     --set-section-flags <name>=<flags>
                                   Set section <name>'s
properties to <flags>
     --add-section <name>=<file> Add section <name> found
in <file> to output
     --change-leading-char Force output format's
leading character style
     --remove-leading-char Remove leading character
from global symbols
     --redefine-sym <old>=<new> Redefine symbol name
<old> to <new>
     --srec-len <number> Restrict the length of
generated Srecords
     --srec-forceS3 Restrict the type of
generated Srecords to S3
  -v --verbose List all object files
modified
  -V --version Display this program's
version number
  -h --help Display this output
/usr/src/hardhat/devkit/x86/pentium3/bin/pentium3-objcopy:
supported targets: elf32-i386 a.out-i386-linux efi-app-ia32
elf32-little elf32-big srec symbolsrec tekhex binary ihex
make[1]: *** [usr/initramfs_data.o] Error 1
make: *** [usr] Error 2

It seems that CONFIG_RAMFS is on and without a prompt string
it can not be changed:

--- /usr/src/linux-2.5.46-hrposix/fs/Kconfig~ Mon Nov 4
16:39:26 2002
+++ /usr/src/linux-2.5.46-hrposix/fs/Kconfig Mon Nov 4
16:34:12 2002
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
           See <file:Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt> for
details.
 
 config RAMFS
- bool
+ bool "Ram file system"
         default y
         ---help---
           Ramfs is a file system which keeps all files in RAM. It
allows

Does NOT fix the problem, but does allow you to side step it
:)

-- 
George Anzinger   george@mvista.com
High-res-timers: 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/high-res-timers/
Preemption patch:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml
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