On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 9:40 AM Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> wrote:

> On 2018-04-19 09:32, 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.

Jon