[SOLVED] Linux Kernel 3.1 won't compile for i686 on Linux From Scratch 7.0

ubuntudude12 · 12-29-2011, 08:20 PM

Hi,

I am using Ubuntu 11.10 i686. I am in chapter 8.3, trying to compile the Linux Kernel 3.1 for i686. However, when I run this command (changing <host_LANG_value> to en_US.UTF-8):

Code:

make LANG=<host_LANG_value> LC_ALL= menuconfig

and add the option for my Intel processor, running make does not create an i686 directory in the arch directory, but creates an x86 directory.
Does anyone know how to fix this?

jimmy_page_89 · 12-29-2011, 08:31 PM

I think it's normal... you have to copy the bzImage from the x86 and not fromthe i686 dir

druuna · 12-30-2011, 03:37 AM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by ubuntudude12

I am using Ubuntu 11.10 i686. I am in chapter 8.3, trying to compile the Linux Kernel 3.1 for i686. However, when I run this command (changing <host_LANG_value> to en_US.UTF-8):

Code:

make LANG=<host_LANG_value> LC_ALL= menuconfig

This command sets the language setting used for the menu that is shown, you can omit the command without any real problems. Only thing you might see are strange menu lines, but all the entries will be usable/readable.

Quote:

and add the option for my Intel processor, running make does not create an i686 directory in the arch directory, but creates an x86 directory.

As long as you are building on a x86 platfrom the compiled kernel is stored in arch/x86/boot/. This is true for ix86 and x86_64 systems.

Hope this helps.

ubuntudude12 · 12-30-2011, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by druuna

Hi,
This command sets the language setting used for the menu that is shown, you can omit the command without any real problems. Only thing you might see are strange menu lines, but all the entries will be usable/readable.

As long as you are building on a x86 platfrom the compiled kernel is stored in arch/x86/boot/. This is true for ix86 and x86_64 systems.

Hope this helps.

I am building on i686, not x86_64 or ix86. I need the compiled kernel for i686, not an x86 platform.

druuna · 12-30-2011, 09:34 AM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by ubuntudude12

I am building on i686, not x86_64 or ix86. I need the compiled kernel for i686, not an x86 platform.

The x in ix86 is meant to be a 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 as in i286, i386, i486, i586 or i686. All of them being part of the x86 family.

You are building for an i686, which is part of the x86 family and thus the kernel is build in the arch/x86/boot directory (this is also true _IF_ you would build a 64 bits/x86_64 version).

No i686 directory will be created.

Hope this clears things up.