[OpenWrt-Devel] Linux 4.x

[Baptiste Clenet]

2015-06-08 14:46 GMT+02:00 Baptiste Clenet <bapclenet at gmail.com>:
> 2015-06-08 14:20 GMT+02:00 Varka Bhadram <varkabhadram at gmail.com>:
>> On 06/08/2015 05:48 PM, Baptiste Clenet wrote:
>>>
>>> 2015-06-08 14:10 GMT+02:00 Varka Bhadram <varkabhadram at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>> On 06/08/2015 05:27 PM, Baptiste Clenet wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 2015-06-08 13:49 GMT+02:00 Baptiste Clenet <bapclenet at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2015-06-08 10:53 GMT+02:00 Varka Bhadram <varkabhadram at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 06/08/2015 01:36 PM, Baptiste Clenet wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I've edited variable KERNEL_PATCHVER:=3.18 to
>>>>>>>>>> KERNEL_PATCHVER:=4.0.4
>>>>>>>>>> in target/Linux/ramips/Makefile in order to get Linux 4.0.4
>>>>>>>>>> installed
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Also you need to specify the configuration file for 4.0.4 kernel.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> just copy the file target/linux/ramips/mt7628/config-3.18 as
>>>>>>>>> target/linux/ramips/mt7628/config-4.0
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I hope it will resolve this error.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Varka Bhadram
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks Varka, I copied the files, I'm trying to make now. On question
>>>>>>>> came up, what about patches? There are many patches for Linux 3.18,
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> there any for Linux 4.0? target/linux/ramips/mt7628 only contains a
>>>>>>>> folder for 3.18 patches.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There may be so-many patches merged into 4.0 from patches-3.18
>>>>>>> directory..?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just created a directory with the name patches-4.0 under
>>>>>>> target/linux/ramips/ .
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think its a bad solution. But the build was successful and able
>>>>>>> generate
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> binaries in bin/ramips directory. I don't know whether these binaries
>>>>>>> working
>>>>>>> or not. I don't have hardware to test these binaries.
>>>>>
>>>>> Why is it a bad solution?
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I only copied one patch from patches-3.18 to 4.0 to fix one build
>>>>>>> error.
>>>>>>> i.e., 0103-MIPS-OWRTDTB.patch
>>>>>>>

 "/trunk/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kec+dsp_uClibc-0.9.33.2/linux-ramips_mt7628/MT7628.dtb
DTB marker not found!"
Was it the error?

I added 'trunk/target/linux/ramips/patches-4.0/0103-MIPS-OWRTDTB.patch'
but it didn't solve the problem. Do I need to tell OPENWRT to use
patches-4.0?

Baptiste

>>>>>>> Hope it helps. Its just a shoot in the dark for your problem.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Test it and update the results.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Varka Bhadram
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Without adding the patch 0103-MIPS-OWRTDTB.patch, I got an error:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WARNING: kmod-6lowpan-iphc is not available in the kernel config -
>>>>>> generating empty package
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ERROR: module
>>>>>>
>>>>>> '/trunk/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kec+dsp_uClibc-0.9.33.2/linux-ramips_mt7628/linux-4.0.4/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/rfcomm.ko'
>>>>>> is missing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is about a package I added in menuconfig but I need them. Those
>>>>>> package worked well while compiling with Linux 3.18. Any idea?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What package did you add..?
>>>
>>> I added :
>>> - kmod-bluetooth
>>> - kmod-bluetooth_6lowpan
>>> - kmod-6lowpan
>>> - kmod-ieee802154
>>> - kmod-ieee802154-6lowpan
>>> - kmod-ieee802154-drivers
>>> - kmod-mac802154
>>> - kmod-wpan-at86rf230
>>> - iw
>>> - wpan-tools
>>
>>
>> These are already came into OpenWrt with [1].
>>
>> [1]:https://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2015-April/032515.html
>>
>> --
>> Varka Bhadram
>>
>
> Yes, I saw, I meant by added "set in menuconfig".
>
> You meant that with or without those module, it should work?
>
> Baptiste
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