Re: objdump -k -q -o 0xC0100000 in 2.1.7
babydr (babydr@nwrain.net)
Tue, 5 Nov 1996 23:43:19 -0800 (PST)
On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, Michael L. Galbraith wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I seem to be the only person in the universe who is having trouble
> getting 2.1.7 to build a bootable kernel. I'm beginning to worry that
> my system has mutated into something that merely "resembles" linux.
> It started out as 0.99.6 SLS a.out, I don't have a clue as to what I
> should call it today. DebiSlackHatSLS? down boy!, back! Aieee!!
>
> This is a fresh tree retrieved from ftp.funet.fi. (no tinkering)
>
> The way I understand the build, you...
> ld -m elf_i386 -Ttext 0xC0100000... link kernel high
> objdump -k -q -o 0xC0100000... dump high: gift wrap kernel
> <compression omitted>
> ld -m elf_i386 -Ttext 0x100000... link boot tools low
> objdump -k -q -o 0xC0100000... dump high: gift wrap what?
> tools/bbuild bbootsect setup... low(boot)+high(kernel)=bootable kernel
>
> Why does this work for everyone in the world but me?? Me=dipstick??
> I can hand-make a kernel with other than 0 size if I change the second
> objdump to match the start address of the link.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mike
By chance are you attempting to compile NCR53c8xx & AHA154x
in the same kernel ? Even have AHA154x as a module ?
A while back I sent off a note about trying to do this &
get an output (using 'make bzdisk') of
0+1 data in
0+1 data out
for the 'dd' of the boot image.
This sound simular, JimL