[twobob]

Originally Posted by knc1

Keep it right here, somebody will want this "How did we update it" information.

This OpenSource software ages quickly.

Rapidly Advancing Bit Rot. Will do.

In other news the kernel build failed with:

Spoiler:

Twofish cipher algorithm (CRYPTO_TWOFISH) [N/m/y/?] n
  *
  * Compression
  *
  Deflate compression algorithm (CRYPTO_DEFLATE) [N/m/y/?] n
  LZO compression algorithm (CRYPTO_LZO) [N/m/y/?] n
  *
  * Hardware crypto devices
  *
  Hardware crypto devices (CRYPTO_HW) [Y/n/?] y
*
* Library routines
*
CRC-CCITT functions (CRC_CCITT) [M/y/?] m
CRC16 functions (CRC16) [N/m/y/?] n
CRC ITU-T V.41 functions (CRC_ITU_T) [N/m/y/?] n
CRC32 functions (CRC32) [Y/?] y
CRC7 functions (CRC7) [N/m/y/?] n
CRC32c (Castagnoli, et al) Cyclic Redundancy-Check (LIBCRC32C) [N/m/y/?] n
#
# configuration written to .config
#
>>> linux custom Building
PATH="/home/simon/BLDS/buildroot/host/bin:/home/simon/BLDS/buildroot/host/usr/bin:/home/simon/BLDS/buildroot/host/usr/sbin/:/opt/qemu111/bin:/home/simon/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games" PERLLIB="/home/simon/BLDS/buildroot/host/usr/lib/perl" /usr/bin/make -j8 HOSTCC="/usr/bin/gcc" HOSTCFLAGS="" ARCH=arm INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/home/simon/BLDS/buildroot/target CROSS_COMPILE=" /home/simon/BLDS/buildroot/host/usr/bin/arm-none-linux-gnueabi-" DEPMOD=/home/simon/BLDS/buildroot/host/usr/sbin/depmod -C /home/simon/BLDS/buildroot/build/linux-custom uImage
scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/arm/Kconfig
  CHK     include/linux/version.h
  UPD     include/linux/version.h
  SYMLINK include/asm-arm/arch -> include/asm-arm/arch-mxc
  SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-arm
  Generating include/asm-arm/mach-types.h
  CHK     include/linux/utsrelease.h
  UPD     include/linux/utsrelease.h
  HOSTCC  scripts/kallsyms
  HOSTCC  scripts/genksyms/genksyms.o
  SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/lex.c
  CC      scripts/mod/empty.o
  SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/parse.h
  HOSTCC  scripts/bin2c
  SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/keywords.c
  SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/parse.c
  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig
  HOSTCC  scripts/genksyms/parse.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/genksyms/lex.o
  MKELF   scripts/mod/elfconfig.h
  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/file2alias.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/sumversion.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/modpost.o
  HOSTLD  scripts/genksyms/genksyms
  HOSTLD  scripts/mod/modpost
  CC      kernel/bounds.s
  GEN     include/linux/bounds.h
  CC      arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.s
  GEN     include/asm-arm/asm-offsets.h
  CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh
  CC      init/main.o
  CHK     include/linux/compile.h
  CC      init/do_mounts.o
  CC      init/do_mounts_initrd.o
  CC      init/initramfs.o
  CC      init/calibrate.o
  HOSTCC  usr/gen_init_cpio
In file included from include/linux/buffer_head.h:13:0,
                 from init/main.c:55:
include/linux/pagemap.h: In function 'fault_in_pages_readable':
include/linux/pagemap.h:460:16: warning: variable 'c' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
In file included from include/linux/nfs_fs.h:36:0,
                 from init/do_mounts.c:16:
include/linux/pagemap.h: In function 'fault_in_pages_readable':  CC      arch/arm/kernel/compat.o

include/linux/pagemap.h:460:16: warning: variable 'c' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
  UPD     include/linux/compile.h
  CC      init/version.o
  AS      arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.o
  CC      arch/arm/mm/consistent.o
  AS      arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.o
  LD      init/mounts.o
  CC      arch/arm/kernel/irq.o
  /home/simon/BLDS/buildroot/build/linux-custom/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh: Cannot open '../../initramfs/skeleton-luigi.list'
make[3]: *** [usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz] Error 1
  CC      arch/arm/kernel/process.o
make[2]: *** [usr] Error 2
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
  CC      arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.o
  CC      arch/arm/kernel/setup.o
  CC      arch/arm/kernel/signal.o
arch/arm/kernel/setup.c: In function 'request_standard_resources':
arch/arm/kernel/setup.c:569:37: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
arch/arm/kernel/setup.c:570:37: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
arch/arm/kernel/setup.c:571:37: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
arch/arm/kernel/setup.c:572:37: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
  LD      init/built-in.o
arch/arm/kernel/setup.c: In function 'setup_arch':
arch/arm/kernel/setup.c:855:39: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
arch/arm/kernel/setup.c:856:39: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
arch/arm/kernel/setup.c:857:39: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
arch/arm/kernel/setup.c:858:35: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
  CC      arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.o
  CC      arch/arm/kernel/stacktrace.o
arch/arm/kernel/signal.c: In function 'restore_sigframe':
arch/arm/kernel/signal.c:214:30: warning: variable 'aux' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
  CC      arch/arm/kernel/time.o
  CC      arch/arm/mm/extable.o
  CC      arch/arm/kernel/traps.o
  CC      arch/arm/kernel/armksyms.o
  CC      arch/arm/kernel/module.o
  CC      arch/arm/mm/fault.o
  CC      arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.o
arch/arm/kernel/traps.c: In function '__bug':
arch/arm/kernel/traps.c:755:11: warning: variable 'tlen' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
  CC      arch/arm/kernel/io.o
  CC      arch/arm/mm/init.o
  AS      arch/arm/kernel/head.o
  CC      arch/arm/kernel/init_task.o
  CC      arch/arm/mm/iomap.o
arch/arm/mm/init.c: In function 'find_bootmap_pfn':
arch/arm/mm/init.c:101:16: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
arch/arm/mm/init.c: In function 'mem_init':
arch/arm/mm/init.c:425:14: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
arch/arm/mm/init.c:425:24: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
arch/arm/mm/init.c:426:14: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
arch/arm/mm/init.c:426:22: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
arch/arm/mm/init.c:427:14: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
arch/arm/mm/init.c:427:28: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
arch/arm/mm/init.c: In function 'free_initmem':
arch/arm/mm/init.c:480:29: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
arch/arm/mm/init.c:481:22: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
  CC      arch/arm/mm/fault-armv.o
  CC      arch/arm/mm/flush.o
  CC      arch/arm/mm/ioremap.o
  LDS     arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds
In file included from arch/arm/mm/fault-armv.c:18:0:
include/linux/pagemap.h: In function 'fault_in_pages_readable':
include/linux/pagemap.h:460:16: warning: variable 'c' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
  LD      arch/arm/kernel/built-in.o
  CC      arch/arm/mm/mmap.o
In file included from arch/arm/mm/flush.c:12:0:
include/linux/pagemap.h: In function 'fault_in_pages_readable':
include/linux/pagemap.h:460:16: warning: variable 'c' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
  CC      arch/arm/mm/pgd.o
arch/arm/mm/ioremap.c: In function 'remap_area_pte':
arch/arm/mm/ioremap.c:67:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
  CC      arch/arm/mm/mmu.o
  CC      arch/arm/mm/proc-syms.o
  CC      arch/arm/mm/alignment.o
  AS      arch/arm/mm/abort-ev6.o
  AS      arch/arm/mm/cache-v6.o
  CC      arch/arm/mm/copypage-v6.o
  CC      arch/arm/mm/context.o
arch/arm/mm/mmu.c: In function 'reserve_node_zero':
arch/arm/mm/mmu.c:612:30: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
arch/arm/mm/mmu.c:612:45: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
arch/arm/mm/mmu.c:612:53: warning: taking address of expression of type 'void' [enabled by default]
  AS      arch/arm/mm/tlb-v6.o
  AS      arch/arm/mm/proc-v6.o
  CC      arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.o
arch/arm/mm/alignment.c: In function 'do_alignment':
arch/arm/mm/alignment.c:277:15: warning: 'offset.un' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]
arch/arm/mm/alignment.c:625:21: note: 'offset.un' was declared here
  LD      arch/arm/mm/built-in.o
make[2]: *** wait: No child processes. Stop.
make[1]: *** [/home/simon/BLDS/buildroot/build/linux-custom/.stamp_built] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

Which was not unexpected first bat. I'll revisit it after I get something I can chuck at the Emu. All the other tools built flawlessly.

Now to convince it to change kernels mid build hmm.. ; )