PROBLEM: Cross-compiling fails (patch included)

PROBLEM: Cross-compiling fails (patch included)

[Christian Bjälevik]

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  Hi there!

When using kernel-package (Debian specific kernel-management) to 
cross-compile a kernel in a i386-chroot on my x86_64 laptop 
modules_install fails when trying to depmod things. Since we should not 
depmod those things if the arch being built isn't the same as 'uname -m' 
I wrote a patch for the Makefile to test those conditions.

Sincererly

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diff -puN Makefile.orig Makefile
--- Makefile.orig       2004-12-09 00:08:43.000000000 +0100
+++ Makefile    2004-12-08 23:59:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -788,7 +788,9 @@ depmod_opts := -b $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH) -r
  endif
  .PHONY: _modinst_post
  _modinst_post: _modinst_
+ifeq ([ uname -m ],$(ARCH))
         if [ -r System.map ]; then $(DEPMOD) -ae -F System.map 
$(depmod_opts) $$+endif

  else # CONFIG_MODULES


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diff -puN Makefile.orig Makefile
--- Makefile.orig	2004-12-09 00:08:43.000000000 +0100
+++ Makefile	2004-12-08 23:59:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -788,7 +788,9 @@ depmod_opts	:= -b $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH) -r
 endif
 .PHONY: _modinst_post
 _modinst_post: _modinst_
+ifeq ([ uname -m ],$(ARCH))
 	if [ -r System.map ]; then $(DEPMOD) -ae -F System.map $(depmod_opts) $(KERNELRELEASE); fi
+endif
 
 else # CONFIG_MODULES
 

Re: PROBLEM: Cross-compiling fails (patch included)

[Sam Ravnborg]

On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 07:32:05PM +0100, Christian Bj??levik wrote:
>  Hi there!
> 
> When using kernel-package (Debian specific kernel-management) to 
> cross-compile a kernel in a i386-chroot on my x86_64 laptop 
> modules_install fails when trying to depmod things. Since we should not 
> depmod those things if the arch being built isn't the same as 'uname -m' 
> I wrote a patch for the Makefile to test those conditions.

Similar versions has been posted before.
But the right fix is to fix module-init-tools - therefore they have not
been applied.

Rusty - any progress in this?

	Sam