Kernel generates vmImage instead of zImage

[Onur Cem Çelebi]

Thanks to all but my special thanks go to Robert. I've edited
linux-2.6/arch/nios2/Makefile and get it work !

Cheers,
Cem


2013/4/4 Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>

> On Thu, 4 Apr 2013, Augusto Mecking Caringi wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 7:02 AM, Onur Cem Çelebi <occelebi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Output is:
> > >
> > > root at F15:~/ruclinux/uClinux-dist# make zImage
> > > make: *** No rule to make target `zImage'.  Stop.
> >
> > Maybe, this is the answer:
> >
> > "Though zImage is a valid Makefile target for all the architectures we
> > discussed in depth in Chapter 3, there are other Linux architectures
> > for which it isn't valid."
> >
> >
> http://books.google.com.br/books?id=xnFdWfJAK9wC&pg=PT188&lpg=PT188&dq=zImage+is+a+valid+Makefile+target+for+all+the+architectures+we+discussed+in&source=bl&ots=GFTLM7_665&sig=77Oi5e_TmkXME_5du3H5GdqPw4c&hl=pt-BR&sa=X&ei=xZ5dUeqqIY3x0wH4x4D4Cw&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
>
>   the set of buildable targets is typically defined by the
> arch-specific makefile.  if you look in the top-level Makefile of the
> kernel source tree, you'll see a target for building the generic
> "vmlinux" kernel image, but little more.
>
>   you need to dig down into the arch-specific directory to see
> additional targets.  for example, if you take a look at
> arch/arm/boot/Makefile, you'll see:
>
> targets := Image zImage xipImage bootpImage uImage
>
> ifeq ($(CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL),y)
>
> $(obj)/xipImage: vmlinux FORCE
>         $(call if_changed,objcopy)
>         @$(kecho) '  Kernel: $@ is ready (physical address:
> $(CONFIG_XIP_PHYS_ADDR))'
>
> $(obj)/Image $(obj)/zImage: FORCE
>         @echo 'Kernel configured for XIP (CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL=y)'
>         @echo 'Only the xipImage target is available in this case'
>         @false
>
> else
>
> $(obj)/xipImage: FORCE
>         @echo 'Kernel not configured for XIP (CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL!=y)'
>         @false
> ... etc etc ...
>
>   in short, all(?) architectures expect a starting point of a vmlinux,
> and they will define additional targets as they see fit.
>
> rday
>
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>
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