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Heisath / wdmc2-kernel

Tools to create a mainline linux kernel and debian rootfs for WD MyCloud Gen2
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Appreciation for the Repo #3

Closed Zeik0s closed 3 years ago

Zeik0s commented 3 years ago

Hi, i also started a Repo to improve wdmc documentation on github and to document the procedure for kernel compiling. But i never made it to a working 5.x Version, my compiled kernels only worked until 4.19. But you did it, and i will for sure upgrade mine to keep it recent. Thanks a lot.

Zeik0s commented 3 years ago

So i will make a hint to redirect Users to your Repo, because the quality here of the overall documentation is a lot better.

Heisath commented 3 years ago

Thanks for the nice words, you're welcome to redirect users here and/or send improvements via PR.

Regarding 5.x: It seems to be neccessary to keep the kernel image below ~3.5MiB. Otherwise it does not load. I had to limit the amount of stuff compiled in the kernel and switch as much as possible off/to module to keep on going.

Also thanks to @puxxi2003 I figured out it is better/needed to use another GCC after 5.6 #makehelp='make CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/arm-marvell-linux-gnueabi/bin/arm-marvell-linux-gnueabi- ARCH=arm' FOR KERNEL VERSION <= 5.6

makehelp='make CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/gcc-arm-none-eabi/bin/arm-none-eabi- ARCH=arm' #FOR KERNEL VERSION >= 5.6

Zeik0s commented 3 years ago

@heisath the size of the kernel image was something i never thought of. This might have been the case. In the meantime, will close this, since it's not an "issue". Haha