*solved* Can't build Linux kernel on WSL (Ubuntu 18.04)

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Hi,

I'm newbee and trying to build the linux kernel with according to this official document (http://opensource.rock-chips.com/wiki_Linux_user_guide). I succeeded in building U-Boot, but failed to build the kernel.

I'm using WSL (Ubuntu 18.04).

1. $ cat /etc/lsb-release
   
2. DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
   
3. DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04
   
4. DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic
   
5. DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04 LTS"

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This is the command and the error message.

1. $ make ARCH=arm rk3288-firefly.img -j8
   
2. scripts/kconfig/conf  --silentoldconfig Kconfig
   
3.   CHK     include/config/kernel.release
   
4.   CHK     include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h
   
5.   CHK     include/generated/utsrelease.h
   
6.   CHK     scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.h
   
7. make[1]: 'include/generated/mach-types.h' is up to date.
   
8. make[1]: 'arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-firefly.dtb' is up to date.
   
9.   CHK     include/generated/timeconst.h
   
10.   CHK     include/generated/bounds.h
    
11.   CHK     include/generated/asm-offsets.h
    
12.   CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh
    
13.   CHK     include/generated/compile.h
    
14.   GZIP    kernel/config_data.gz
    
15.   CHK     kernel/config_data.h
    
16.   Kernel: arch/arm/boot/Image is ready
    
17.   Kernel: arch/arm/boot/Image is ready
    
18.   Kernel: arch/arm/boot/zImage is ready
    
19. /bin/sh: ./scripts/mkkrnlimg: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
    
20. arch/arm/Makefile:382: recipe for target 'kernel.img' failed
    
21. make: *** [kernel.img] Error 126

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Is there anyone who understands the solution?
Please help someone.

robodan65

Follow the guide here:  http://en.t-firefly.com/doc/product/info/447.html
However, change gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu to gcc-5-aarch64-linux-gnu in step 1.1

The 18.04 will give you a gcc-7 cross compiler, but the kernel won't compile under that (yet).  The gcc-5 one should work.

Dan

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robodan65 Posted at 6/12/2018 06:57
Follow the guide here:  http://en.t-firefly.com/doc/product/info/447.html
However, change gcc-aarch ...

Thank you Dan,

However my board is RK3288, and I tried following this guide: http://en.t-firefly.com/doc/product/info/253.html
It also gave almost the same results.

1. kernel$ make rk3288-firefly-linux.img -j8
   
2.   CHK     include/config/kernel.release
   
3.   CHK     include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h
   
4.   CHK     include/generated/utsrelease.h
   
5. make[1]: 'arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-firefly-linux.dtb' is up to date.
   
6. make[1]: 'include/generated/mach-types.h' is up to date.
   
7.   CHK     include/generated/timeconst.h
   
8.   CHK     include/generated/bounds.h
   
9.   CHK     include/generated/asm-offsets.h
   
10.   CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh
    
11.   CHK     include/generated/compile.h
    
12.   CHK     kernel/config_data.h
    
13.   Kernel: arch/arm/boot/Image is ready
    
14.   Kernel: arch/arm/boot/Image is ready
    
15.   Kernel: arch/arm/boot/zImage is ready
    
16. /bin/sh: 1: ./scripts/mkkrnlimg: Exec format error
    
17. arch/arm/Makefile:382: recipe for target 'kernel.img' failed
    
18. make: *** [kernel.img] Error 2

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The following code are my operations. (Using gcc-5-arm-linux-gnueabif and gcc-5-aarch64-linux-gnu)

32bit-app setting

1. $ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
   
2. $ sudo apt update

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Environment setting

1. $ sudo apt install git gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential zip tar curl libc6-dev libncurses5-dev:i386 x11proto-core-dev libx11-dev:i386 libreadline6-dev:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libgl1-mesa-dev g++-multilib cmake tofrodos python-markdown libxml2-utils xsltproc zlib1g-dev:i386 lzop
   
2. $ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so
   
3. $ sudo apt install gcc-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf gcc-5-aarch64-linux-gnu device-tree-compiler lzop libncurses5-dev libssl1.0.0 libssl-dev

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1. $ dpkg -L gcc-5-arm-linux-gnueabihf
   
2. $ sudo cp /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-5 /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc
   
3. $ sudo cp /usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc-5 /usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc

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Compile Kernel

1. $ git clone -b firefly https://github.com/FireflyTeam/kernel.git
   
2. $ cd kernel
   
3. $ export ARCH=arm
   
4. $ export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf-
   
5. $ make firefly_linux_defconfig
   
6. $ make rk3288-firefly-linux.img -j8

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ueue

Hi,

It seems that the cause of the problem was in WSL.
I used Ubuntu 16.04 on VirtualBox, solved the problem.

Thank you.