[Buildroot] kernel cross compilation problem (at91sam9260)

[Doug the RockRat]

Is it possible that a boot logo was perhaps added?  
That does add a significant amount of size to the
kernel.
--- Rick Foos <rick at synchromeshcomputing.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>  
> I had the same problem going from 800k to 3MB
> kernels. It was not related to compilers. 
>  
> The size is due to a large initrd filesystem.
>  
> Clean everything out, the standard cleans don't seem
> to do it. 
>  
> I can't say what exactly gets it done, removing init
> ram filesystem, but it looks like toolchain rebuild
> as well is required.
>  
> , and in .config
>  
> # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS is not set
>  
> Best Regards,
> Rick
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: buildroot-bounces at uclibc.org on behalf of
> Wayne Keenan
> Sent: Mon 2/11/2008 11:32 AM
> To: grego rigolo
> Cc: buildroot at uclibc.org
> Subject: Re: [Buildroot] kernel cross compilation
> problem (at91sam9260)
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Dropping back to using gcc 3.4.6  and uclib x.x.28
> worked for me.  - not a proper fix, but it was a
> combination that worked andI was fed up of trying
> combinations :)
> 
> 
> Regards
> Wayne
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 11, 2008 4:10 PM, grego rigolo
> <gregorigolo2002 at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> 
> 
> 	hello,
> 	I'm using the buildroot-20080206.tar.bz2 package to
> build a rootfilesystem and a cross compilation
> toolchain for my embedded board (sam9260).
> 	I tried to cross compile (arm-linux-gcc-4.1.2) a
> 2.6.23 linux kernel seperately (not the one included
> in buildroot) , and i noticed that the size had
> increased by 3Mb respect to my old version.
> 	On the other hand when i try to use the generated
> kernel, it hangs at the stage 
> 	uncompressing Linux ....................
> 	Does anyone encounters this kind of problem ?
> 	greg
> 	
> 
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