On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 9:52 AM Jan Kiszka <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>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 2018-04-19 09:32, 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