Problem with BuildrootGuide

Altera_Forum · ‎07-29-2006

i was following the BuildrootGuide but i encounter this problem when compiling the kernel.

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LD init/built-in.o

LD vmlinux

SYSMAP System.map

arch/nios2nommu/boot/Makefile:29: warning: overriding commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/zImage'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/Makefile:12: warning: ignoring old commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/zImage'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/Makefile:33: warning: overriding commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/Makefile:16: warning: ignoring old commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/Makefile:46: warning: overriding commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/zImage'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/Makefile:29: warning: ignoring old commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/zImage'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/Makefile:50: warning: overriding commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/Makefile:33: warning: ignoring old commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/Makefile:63: warning: overriding commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/zImage'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/Makefile:46: warning: ignoring old commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/zImage'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/Makefile:67: warning: overriding commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/Makefile:50: warning: ignoring old commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:58: warning: overriding commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:22: warning: ignoring old commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:62: warning: overriding commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:26: warning: ignoring old commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:65: warning: overriding commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin.gz'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:29: warning: ignoring old commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin.gz'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:72: warning: overriding commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/piggy.o'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:36: warning: ignoring old commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/piggy.o'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:94: warning: overriding commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:58: warning: ignoring old commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:98: warning: overriding commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:62: warning: ignoring old commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:101: warning: overriding commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin.gz'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:65: warning: ignoring old commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin.gz'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:108: warning: overriding commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/piggy.o'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:72: warning: ignoring old commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/piggy.o'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:130: warning: overriding commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:94: warning: ignoring old commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:134: warning: overriding commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:98: warning: ignoring old commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:137: warning: overriding commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin.gz'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:101: warning: ignoring old commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin.gz'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:144: warning: overriding commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/piggy.o'

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/Makefile:108: warning: ignoring old commands for target `arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/piggy.o'

LDS arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds

AS arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.o

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S: Assembler messages:

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:111: Error: symbol `_start' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:117: Error: symbol `text_init' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:126: Error: symbol `data_init' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:146: Error: symbol `flush_cache' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:151: Error: symbol `data_flush' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:158: Error: symbol `text_flush' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:169: Error: symbol `fake_headers_as_bzImage' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:202: Error: symbol `_start' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:208: Error: symbol `text_init' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:217: Error: symbol `data_init' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:237: Error: symbol `flush_cache' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:242: Error: symbol `data_flush' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:249: Error: symbol `text_flush' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:260: Error: symbol `fake_headers_as_bzImage' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:293: Error: symbol `_start' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:299: Error: symbol `text_init' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:308: Error: symbol `data_init' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:328: Error: symbol `flush_cache' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:333: Error: symbol `data_flush' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:340: Error: symbol `text_flush' is already defined

arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.S:351: Error: symbol `fake_headers_as_bzImage' is already defined

make[2]: *** [arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/head.o] Error 1

make[1]: *** [arch/nios2nommu/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2

make: *** [zImage] Error 2[/b]

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Pls help! Thx.

Altera_Forum · ‎07-29-2006

the kernel boot source was patched more than once.

remove the old kernel source tree, and reinstall a fresh one.

Don't run the build script again.

Look at the build scipt, just reinstall the kernel source.

Altera_Forum · ‎07-31-2006

problem solved! thx hippo!

i think my prob is bcoz i ctrl-c while running build n switch to dl those required files first and re-run build. i think tat's whr it patches more than once.

Altera_Forum · ‎08-08-2006

hi hippo, i've encounter another problem...

i manage to get boa to run n serve static webpages. i want cgi, so i do according to hippo in BuildrootGuide step 14: Customize Vendor/User Settings (NEW) to select cgi generic.

when make romfs, i got this:

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chmod 620 /home/jwlam/uClinux-dist-test/romfs/dev/@[pt]ty[pqrsPQRS][0-9a-f],*

romfs-inst.sh -s /var/tmp /tmp

romfs-inst.sh /etc/inittab

cp: cannot stat `inittab': No such file or directory

make[2]: *** [romfs] Error 1

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/jwlam/uClinux-dist-test/vendors/Altera/nios2nommu'

make[1]: *** [romfs] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jwlam/uClinux-dist-test/vendors'

make: *** [romfs] Error 1[/b]

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bin, usr n var dir under romfs dir is empty.

i tried googling but cant find any relevant info. pls advise. thx in advance.

Altera_Forum · ‎08-09-2006

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originally posted by jwlam@Aug 8 2006, 09:02 PM

hi hippo, i've encounter another problem...

i manage to get boa to run n serve static webpages. i want cgi, so i do according to hippo in buildrootguide step 14: customize vendor/user settings (new) to select cgi generic.

when make romfs, i got this:

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chmod 620 /home/jwlam/uclinux-dist-test/romfs/dev/@[pt]ty[pqrspqrs][0-9a-f],*

romfs-inst.sh -s /var/tmp /tmp

romfs-inst.sh /etc/inittab

cp: cannot stat `inittab': no such file or directory

make[2]: *** [romfs] error 1

make[2]: leaving directory `/home/jwlam/uclinux-dist-test/vendors/altera/nios2nommu'

make[1]: *** [romfs] error 2

make[1]: leaving directory `/home/jwlam/uclinux-dist-test/vendors'

make: *** [romfs] error 1

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bin, usr n var dir under romfs dir is empty.

i tried googling but cant find any relevant info. pls advise. thx in advance.

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the inittab was missiing, try

touch /home/jwlam/uClinux-dist-test/vendors/Altera/nios2nommu/inittab

Altera_Forum · ‎08-09-2006

thx for ur help hippo.

i did wat u suggest n the make terminated as below:

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make[2]: Entering directory `/home/jwlam/uClinux-dist-test/user/cgi_generic'

romfs-inst.sh /home/jwlam/uClinux-dist-test/vendors/Generic/httpd /home/httpd

2 blocks

romfs-inst.sh /home/httpd/cgi-bin/cgi_demo

cp: cannot create regular file `/home/jwlam/uClinux-dist-test/romfs/home/httpd/cgi-bin/cgi_demo': No such file or directory

make[2]: *** [romfs] Error 1

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/jwlam/uClinux-dist-test/user/cgi_generic'

make[1]: *** [romfs] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jwlam/uClinux-dist-test/user'

make: *** [romfs] Error 1[/b]

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so i manually create tat folder n make again. it terminated successfully.

there is nth for me to copy from bin, usr n var folder. but i copy the romfs/httpd folder to rootfs/home/httpd

after downloading the image onto my board, boa is running well, i can view the index.html. however, when i access cgi-bin/cgi_demo, i got a 404 Not Found error.

did i do anything wrong? Pls advise. Thx again!

Altera_Forum · ‎08-11-2006

SOS bump! http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

Altera_Forum · ‎08-12-2006

saturday bump... i sure miss hippo... http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif

Altera_Forum · ‎08-14-2006

i'd solved my problems. thx.

Altera_Forum · ‎08-26-2006

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originally posted by jwlam@Aug 13 2006, 07:30 PM

i'd solved my problems. thx.

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I cannot get boa to execute a cgi from POST that works just fine with GET. How did you fix your problem?

Altera_Forum · ‎08-27-2006

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originally posted by ktroy+aug 26 2006, 11:24 pm--><div class='quotetop'>quote (ktroy @ aug 26 2006, 11:24 pm)</div>

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i'd solved my problems. thx.

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I cannot get boa to execute a cgi from POST that works just fine with GET. How did you fix your problem?

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i'm still noob but i'll juz try to help. i suppose POST n GET both works, but u nit diff method of reading in the cgi inputs. POST sent the parameters in the environment variable, QUERY_STRING while get sent thru stdin.

try putting ur executable files in the same folder with ur html files in /httpd instead of httpd/cgi-bin. (seems stupid but i think i failed to get it to run in diff folder... cant remember)

search for ScriptAlias in boa.conf. i suppose u can set it to any folder whr u store ur executables. the format of the line is in the file as well.

gd luck.

ps. anyone correct me if i'm wrong.

Altera_Forum · ‎10-19-2006

i recently tried to build the toolchain in buildroot guide on my laptop. but i got this error:

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prepare uClinux-dist source

patching file vendors/Altera/nios2nommu/config.arch

patching file vendors/Altera/nios2nommu/config.vendor

patching file vendors/Altera/nios2nommu/rc

patching file vendors/Altera/nios2nommu/config.uClibc

patching file vendors/Altera/nios2nommu/config.linux-2.6.x

patching file vendors/Altera/nios2nommu/Makefile

patching file .config

patching file Makefile

patching file user/clamsmtp/config.sub

patching file user/clamav/config.sub

patching file user/e2fsprogs/config.sub

patching file user/ez-ipupdate/config.sub

patching file user/radvd/config.sub

patching file user/tcpdump/config.sub

patching file user/ip-sentinel/config.sub

patching file user/rsync/config.sub

patching file user/ntp/config.sub

patching file user/tcsh/config.sub

patching file user/bind/config.sub

patching file user/bind/contrib/nslint-2.1a3/config.sub

patching file user/bind/contrib/idn/idnkit-1.0-src/config.sub

patching file user/traceroute/config.sub

patching file user/frox/config.sub

patching file user/appWeb/conf/config.sub

patching file user/nessus/nessus-plugins/config.sub

patching file user/nessus/libnasl/config.sub

patching file user/nessus/nessus-core/config.sub

patching file user/nessus/nessus-libraries/libpcap-nessus/config.sub

patching file user/nessus/nessus-libraries/config.sub

patching file user/smtpclient/etc/config.sub

patching file user/samba/source/config.sub

patching file user/squid/cfgaux/config.sub

patching file user/gdb/config.sub

patching file user/gdb/readline/support/config.sub

patching file user/grep/config.sub

patching file user/ssh/config.sub

patching file user/net-snmp/config.sub

patching file user/speedtouch/config.sub

patching file user/openvpn/config.sub

patching file user/stunnel/auto/config.sub

patching file user/lirc/config.sub

patching file user/setserial/config.sub

patching file user/zebra/config.sub

patching file user/wget/config.sub

patching file user/ulogd/config.sub

patching file user/arj/gnu/config.sub

patching file user/strace/config.sub

patching file user/dropbear/config.sub

patching file user/dhcpcd-new/config.sub

patching file user/lrzsz/config.sub

patching file user/asterisk/editline/config.sub

patching file user/rrdtool/config.sub

patching file user/at/config.sub

patching file user/mysql/config.sub

patching file user/snort/config.sub

patching file user/bash/support/config.sub

patching file user/proftpd/config.sub

patching file user/proftpd/lib/libltdl/config.sub

bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.

tar: Child returned status 2

tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

./build: line 39: cd: /home/jwlam/buildroot: No such file or directory

can't find file to patch at input line 5

Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?

The text leading up to this was:

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|Index: toolchain/uClibc/uClibc.config

|===================================================================

|--- toolchain/uClibc/uClibc.config (revision 14578)

|+++ toolchain/uClibc/uClibc.config (working copy)

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File to patch: [/b]

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i cant remember getting this when i do on my desktop. hippo pls help. thx.

Altera_Forum · ‎10-20-2006

sorry, I didn't work on buildroot for a long time. I can't remember the details, too.

Please try remove the old dirs, and try again.

Altera_Forum · ‎10-20-2006

thx. problem found: files corrupted... http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif solved after re-downloading the files.

Altera_Forum · ‎01-31-2007

hi hippo, i was away for few months and found lots of updates.

in uclinuxdist:

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(Or you can build the cross compiler from sources with BuildrootGuide , but it might be difficult for beginner)[/b]

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in buildrootguide:

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NOTE, the build script below does not handle build error and rebuild. You must edit it or remove old build. The patches should be applied only once. This page contains OUT OF DATE informations. You should use UClinuxDist instead.[/b]

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now my question is, if i wanna build everything from scratch, should i follow the buildrootguide?

2nd thing:

i keep bumping into this error:

 
...
 CC      net/ipv4/fib_hash.o
  CC      net/ipv4/proc.o
  CC      net/ipv4/tcp_bic.o
  LD      net/ipv4/built-in.o
  LD      net/built-in.o
  GEN     .version
  CHK     include/linux/compile.h
  UPD     include/linux/compile.h
  CC      init/version.o
  LD      init/built-in.o
  LD      vmlinux
/opt/nios2/bin/nios2-linux-uclibc-ld.real:arch/nios2nommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds:448: ignoring invalid character `#&#39; in expression
/opt/nios2/bin/nios2-linux-uclibc-ld.real:arch/nios2nommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds:448: parse error
make: ***  Error 1
make: Leaving directory `/home/jwlam/uClinux-dist/linux-2.6.x&#39;
make: ***  Error 1

the make passed if i edit vmlinux.lds to use /*...*/ instead of //... but is thr anything wrong with it?

thx.

Altera_Forum · ‎02-01-2007

Yes, there are some updates.

You should not use the build script in buildroot guide. You should change it and build cross gcc/uclibc only. Then use uClinux-dist to build kernel and apps.

Altera_Forum · ‎02-01-2007

TO_BE_DONE

Altera_Forum · ‎02-02-2007

Maybe you should put away the buildroot for a while.

Please use the binary tools and the uClinux-dist-20060803 with patches in the wiki.

Altera_Forum · ‎02-02-2007

thx for your reply.

using binary tools also have the weird errors above. however, i notice that the zimage is created before romfs. i think this is not supposed to happen (is it?), thus, i make twice, first time to make all the changes above and 2nd one to update the zimage. now the image is bootable.

do i have to run 'make romfs' everytime i configure the kernel?

as in:

make vendor_hwselect..., make menuconfig, make romfs, make, make linux image?

or juz:

make vendor_hwselect..., make menuconfig, make, make linux image?

Altera_Forum · ‎02-04-2007

make vendor_hwselect..., make menuconfig, make romfs, make,make, make linux image

The first "make romfs" is needed only to create the romfs dir, (mostly empty).

It is not needed afterward.

The first "make" may fail, if you have "Hyper-thread" or "Dual core" PC.

The next "make" will success.

But the initramfs may be empty, it was before real romfs generation.

The final "make linux image" will update the initramfs. You can use "make" as the final, but it is slower.

After the first successful boot image, you may change kernel or apps

make menuconfig,make,make linux image

You don't need make vendor_hwselect again, unless you change the ptf.

If you change ptf, then you need make clean, and start over from make vendor_hwselect.