Re: building custom kernel fails

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>]

On 2018-04-19 09:56, Jon Nettleton wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 9:52 AM Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com
> <mailto:jan.kiszka@siemens.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On 2018-04-19 09:47, Jon Nettleton wrote:
>     >
>     > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 9:40 AM Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com
>     <mailto:jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
>     > <mailto:jan.kiszka@siemens.com <mailto:jan.kiszka@siemens.com>>>
>     wrote:
>     >
>     >     On 2018-04-19 09:32, jon@solid-run.com
>     <mailto:jon@solid-run.com> <mailto:jon@solid-run.com
>     <mailto:jon@solid-run.com>> wrote:
>     >     > I am now building a custom debian package from our kernel
>     sources, the
>     >     > kernel compile goes fine.  The deb-pkg is failing because the
>     >     number of
>     >     > files passed to xarg is too long.
>     >     >
>     >     > Error message is.
>     >     >
>     >     > 2018-04-19 07:11:17 - INFO     - | Using default distribution of
>     >     > 'unstable' in the changelog
>     >     > 2018-04-19 07:11:17 - INFO     - | Install lsb-release or set
>     >     > $KDEB_CHANGELOG_DIST explicitly
>     >     > 2018-04-19 07:11:17 - INFO     - | /usr/bin/xargs: md5sum:
>     >     Argument list
>     >     > too long
>     >     > 2018-04-19 07:11:17 - INFO     - |
>     scripts/package/Makefile:90: recipe
>     >     > for target 'deb-pkg' failed
>     >     > 2018-04-19 07:11:17 - INFO     - | make[1]: *** [deb-pkg]
>     Error 126
>     >     > 2018-04-19 07:11:17 - INFO     - | Makefile:1347: recipe for
>     target
>     >     > 'deb-pkg' failed
>     >     > 2018-04-19 07:11:17 - INFO     - | make: *** [deb-pkg] Error 2
>     >     > 2018-04-19 07:11:17 - INFO     - | WARNING: exit code 2 from
>     a shell
>     >     > command.
>     >     >
>     >     > looks like on large kernel builds the file lists will need to be
>     >     broken up.
>     >
>     >     Where exactly is this argument list passed? What exactly is
>     your setup
>     >     (host, target distro, kernel version etc.)?
>     >
>     >     BTW, you can find a working custom kernel build here e.g.:
>     >   
>      https://github.com/siemens/jailhouse-images/tree/master/recipes-kernel/linux
>     >     There is an ARM64 version of that as well, just waiting for
>     cross-build
>     >     support to be available.
>     >
>     >     Jan
>     >
>     >
>     >  Yes I have used your recipe as a reference.  It is a 4.9.y lts kernel
>     > with the NXP BSP merged for our hardware. https://www.solid-run.com
>     >
>     > I am attempting to use the default make deb-pkg in that LTS kernel.  I
>     > am running this in a kas-isar container on a CentOS 7 host.  My
>     guess is
>     > ulimit my possibly be getting in the way.  I will do a minimal kernel
>     > config build and then move up from there.
> 
>     Are you using our recipes-kernel/linux/linux-custom.inc or your own
>     rules?
> 
>     Jan
> 
> 
> Correct

Err, there was an "or" in my question...

If your "correct" applied to option 2, I would recommend option 1.

Jan