Linux Kernel Build

Make kernel
FAQ
- Build the kernel 2.6.38, but the name become "linux-2.6.38+". How can I prevent the + symbol from being prefixed to the kernel image name?

Make kernel

clean

make mrproper
make clean

make

 make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- ARCH=arm ti8168_evm_defconfig
To view configuration interactively:
 make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- ARCH=arm menuconfig
 make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- ARCH=arm uImage
 make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- ARCH=arm modules
 make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- ARCH=arm INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/home/testbed/targetfs  modules_install

Auto detection of Kernel Load Address and Run Time RAM Base Determination

By default, the DM81xx kernel is built to be loaded at physical address 0x80008000 in RAM and take start of RAM as 0x80000000.

It is possible to load the kernel at a different location in RAM with kernel automatically determining RAM base depending upon the load address. This is achieved by the combination of two features added the kernel:

Run time PHYS_OFFSET determination: This feature enables determining physical to virtual translations

dynamically depending upon the position of kernel in system memory.

Auto calculation of address for uncompressed kernel: This feature enables the compressed kernel entry code (part

of kernel zImage) to determine the address to uncompress the kernel depending upon the location it is loaded (started from).

Method 1

BUILDHOST$ make ARCH=arm ti8168_evm_defconfig
BUILDHOST$ make ARCH=arm zImage
Here we use 0x90008000 as the kernel load address and entry point
BUILDHOST$ mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x90008000 -e 0x90008000 -n 'Linux-2.6.37' -d arch/arm/boot/zImage uImage

Alternate Method: Single Step Build

zreladdr-y=<desired-load-address> to make when building the uImage.
BUILDHOST$ make ARCH=arm zreladdr-y=0x90008000 uImage

FAQ

Build the kernel 2.6.38, but the name become "linux-2.6.38+". How can I prevent the + symbol from being prefixed to the kernel image name?

disable the plus sign is the LOCALVERSION environment variable or make variable:

make LOCALVERSION= all
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi- LOCALVERSION= -j6 uImage

/scripts/setlocalversion is the culprit. Read at the bottom of the file under which conditions it adds the +.

kbuild will append '+' if you modify the source code unless you provide LOCALVERSION=.