[fedora-arm] Compiled kernel problem

[Peter Robinson]

On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 4:23 AM, Iván Chavero <ichavero at chavero.com.mx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've compiled a kernel from:
> https://github.com/jwrdegoede/linux-sunxi
> I attached the .config to the mail in case is needed.
>
> this config file i got it from:
> https://github.com/cubieboard/cubie_configs/blob/master/kernel-configs/3.4/cubietruck_defconfig
>
> This are the commands i used to compile the kernel in my laptop:
>
> make ARCH=arm menuconfig
>
> make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-eabi- -j5 uImage modules
>
> put the modules in a local directory:
> make ARCH=arm INSTALL_MOD_PATH=../modules/fedora modules_install
>
> cd ../modules/fedora
> tar -zc lib > modules_3.15.tar.gz
>
> copied the uImage and the modules to a running cubietruck, added the kernel
> to
> the extlinux.conf
>
> and booted usign a serial cable but this was all i got:
>
> Retrieving file: /uImage-3.15
> 4631624 bytes read in 512 ms (8.6 MiB/s)
> no console=
> append: enforcing=0 ro root=UUID=b487fc2a-226b-4b85-a435-a259656fb9e7
> console=ttyS0,115200
> Retrieving file:
> /dtb-3.16.0-0.rc7.git1.1.fc22.armv7hl/sun7i-a20-cubietruck.dtb
> 21639 bytes read in 2139 ms (9.8 KiB/s)
> Bad Linux ARM zImage magic!
> ## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 42000000 ...
>    Image Name:   Linux-3.15.0+
>    Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
>    Data Size:    4631560 Bytes = 4.4 MiB
>    Load Address: 40008000
>    Entry Point:  40008000
>    Verifying Checksum ... OK
> ## Flattened Device Tree blob at 50000000
>    Booting using the fdt blob at 0x50000000
>    Loading Kernel Image ... OK
>    Loading Device Tree to 4fff7000, end 4ffff486 ... OK
>
> Starting kernel ...
>
> and it hanged.
>
> can somebody give me a hint on what i'm doing wrong?

Did you build device trees and specify the right one on the command
line? TBH 3.4 is ancient and I've no idea how forked it is so it could
be anything. Did you look at the Fedora 20 Allwinner remix as I
believe it uses that kernel.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/F20/Remixes#Allwinner_A10_.2F_A13_.2F_A20