[TUTO] How to compile Kernel & Headers (from banana pi github)

Tankafaire · Published in 2015-1-25 17:30:52

Edited by Tankafaire at 2015-1-25 16:15

Hi all,
I have compiled a new kernel for Orange Pi with success, here is the tutorial step by step:

sudo apt-get install git build-essential libncurses5-dev u-boot-tools uboot-mkimage
git clone https://github.com/silentcreek/bananapi-kernel --depth 1
cd bananapi-kernel
make sun7i_defconfig
make menuconfig # exit & save
make -j2 uImage modules # ~ 2.5h working
sudo make modules_install
sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /boot
sudo mv /boot/uImage /boot/uImage_old # save precedent uImage, can be restored
sudo cp arch/arm/boot/uImage /boot
sudo reboot

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http://forum.lemaker.org/thread-2657-1-1-howto_build_and_install_a_modified_linux_kernel_directly_on_bananian.html

ryba84 · Published in 2015-1-25 19:22:44

This is build guide on board. We can cross compile kernel on x86 machine. It'll be faster.

Tankafaire · Published in 2015-1-25 19:32:34

Yes, I have another tutorial to share, but I want to try it before !

zhao_steven · Published in 2015-1-25 21:11:59

Tankafaire,Thank you.

igorpec · Published in 2015-1-25 21:56:17

Edited by igorpec at 2015-1-25 15:00

Here is my script:
https://github.com/igorpecovnik/BananaPI-Debian

Maybe a bit more complex but it has more value and advantages then others.

It download sources, compile and creates .deb packed kernel + headers + libc. You can boot it also with mainline u-boot and you can build your own modules on the system.

If you run it as nonroot, you can compile kernel+uboot (ignore a lot of errors), with root (no errors) you get out an raw boot ready image with desired system (wheezy, jessie, ubuntu trusty).

Note that kernel is gzip compressed which is not default for old / standard installations. You can either convert it to uImage or use new bootloader with proper u-boot scripts.

ryba84 · Published in 2015-1-26 01:36:27

I'm think banana pi patches should be merged into linux-sunxi sources. This making unnecessary mess with support for allwinner platforms.

FransM · Published in 2015-1-26 02:26:49

Which kernel version did you recompile? 3.4 ? Or a newer one (Fedora gave me 3.17)

ryba84 · Published in 2015-1-26 02:43:29

The 3.4 kernel from linux-sunxi supports video acceleration, and more then mainline kernels: http://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort.

igorpec · Published in 2015-1-26 05:13:34

ryba84 replied at 2015-1-25 18:36
I'm think banana pi patches should be merged into linux-sunxi sources. This making unnecessary mess ...

This should be done differently. I think (not 100% sure) this patch breaks Cubietruck GMAC so you can't just merge ... maybe this is fixed in u-boot.

Tankafaire · Published in 2015-1-26 06:08:06

For the Mali driver:
Is this tutorial http://forum.lemaker.org/thread-5757-1-1-installing_mali_r3p2_kernel_drivers_into_lemaker_kernel_3_4.html
can be adapted for 3.4.104+ (or 3.4.105+), or is it just for 3.4.103+ ? or just for banana ?

In fact I tried a little and it fails for 3.4.105+ (don't remember the exact error, but "space blank" I think)