Re: i386_defconfig for 3.13.2?

[Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com>]

On Wednesday 12 February 2014, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>On 02/12/2014 11:08 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> Greetings, not making any progress on newer kernel builds yet.
>> 
>> So I unpacked 3.13.2 this morning and copied its
>> arch/x86/i386_defconfig to .config.
>> 
>> Ran make oldconfig, then 3 or 4 sessions of xconfig removing stuff that
>> isn't for my hardware & generally making lots of modules where I wasn't
>> sure.
>> 
>> But, my "makeit" script, when it makes the initrd, spits out this, and
>> note the not always final "/"
>> 
>> now making a new /boot/initrd.3.13.2.img
>> find: `/lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch': No such file or directory
>> find: `/lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch': No such file or directory
>> find: `/lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch/': No such file or directory
>> find: `/lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch/': No such file or directory
>> find: `/lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch/': No such file or directory
>> find: `/lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch/': No such file or directory
>> find: `/lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch/': No such file or directory
>> find: `/lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch/': No such file or directory
>> find: `/lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch/': No such file or directory
>> 
>> And indeed that directory does not exist.
>> And that string does not exist in the .config.
>> 
>> Does this ring any bells?
>
>Not for me, but building the initrd (or initramfs) may be
>distro-specific. You might have to share the command that was used for
>that and maybe even the script that was executed (like /sbin/mkinitrd --
>where yours and mine are probably different depending on distros).
>
>Have you (your script) already run 'make install' at this point?
>AFAIK, that should have created /lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch/ and some
>other subdirectories there.

Have modified the script, $VER is "3.13.2", to do a make install ahead of 
the

mkinitramfs -o/boot/initrd-$VER.img $VER && \

line but these directories:
now making a new /boot/initrd.3.13.2.img
find: `/lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch': No such file or directory
find: `/lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch': No such file or directory
find: `/lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch/': No such file or directory
find: `/lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch/': No such file or directory
find: `/lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch/': No such file or directory
find: `/lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch/': No such file or directory
find: `/lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch/': No such file or directory
find: `/lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch/': No such file or directory
find: `/lib/modules/3.13.2/kernel/arch/': No such file or directory
and copying it to initrd-3.13.2.img

are still not being made, initrd-$VER.img is not being made, and that path 
does not exist in the /etc/initramfs-tools directory.  initramfs-tools has 
been re-installed.

I'm stuck.  Where can I buy a paddle? :)

Thanks.

Cheers, Gene
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