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| author | John Lane <john@lane.uk.net> | 2013-01-20 22:30:27 +0000 |
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| committer | John Lane <john@lane.uk.net> | 2013-01-20 22:30:27 +0000 |
| commit | 98692703eac635b983f5b9c634acd2abf2bc558c (patch) | |
| tree | cf029c02f805b1c689dd452bf77ed12ac08c9ebb /kernel/README.md | |
| parent | dff2da45f2bc1507bb182c42b7705c2d750e6e7d (diff) | |
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Update build-kernel-qemu for hard-floatHEADorigin/masterorigin/HEADmaster
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diff --git a/kernel/README.md b/kernel/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6808b2b --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +Kernel Build Notes +================== + +QEMU ARM Emulator +----------------- + +Use the script 'build-kernel-qemu' to build a kernel image that +can be used to boot QEMU. The script can build a soft or hard +float kernel. (for soft-float, comment out "HARDFLOAT=yes" near +the top of the script). + +Assumptions +----------- + +An appropriate cross compiler toolchain is available at: + +* for soft float : /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-* +* for hard float : /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-* + +Tests +----- + +Tested by booting Raspberry-Pi Arch Linux system images in QEMU: + +* for soft float : archlinuxarm-13-06-2012.img +* for hard float : archlinux-hf-2012-09-18.img + +References +---------- +http://xecdesign.com/compiling-a-kernel/ +http://balau82.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/compiling-linux-kernel-for-qemu-arm-emulator/ |