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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, David Moberg wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > Anyway, despite scsi problems and framebuffer use, I was able, with 2.4.31
> > kernel, to chroot to /uclibc and the prompt is now:
> >
> > [root@BasicLinux /]#
> > ls shows color and puts / after directories (unlike the BL2 ls)
> >
> > Is it worth trying to compile ndiswrapper with uclibc?
>
> No, the majority of it is kernel modules which are library-independent.
>
> > It did not work with gcc 2.95.3 - which version did not work for you?

> I tried to build the latest version of ndiswrapper with gcc 2.95.3. But
> I think the actual problem is with make, so I will upgrade that and
> try again.

One of my problems was trying to compile after booting with 2.4.31 because 
I only have 2.2.16 kernel source code.  uclibc does not seem to have 
kernel source code.

> > I tried to compile fbutils and was told I don't have bison.  I do have
> > flex, which it also needs.
> >
> > Then I tried to compile e3 but I need nasm.
> >
> > Are these available precompiled for uclibc?
>
> Probably not. But they don't take very long to compile, and you
> should only need to ./configure and make.

Assuming they compile.  So far nothing has compiled.


> > I think I had compiled this in BL2 by editing out asfxload and alsa lines
> > in Makefile.in and copying to Makefile.  libasound is I think alsa.
> >
> > So I tried to edit Makefile.in but there is no pico or e3pi.
> > I found vi.
>
> BL3 e3pi is static so you can copy that into the uClibc root and
> use it.
I realized that later.

> > To insert text type i first, to give commands type ESC,
> > to exit without saving in command mode type :q!  or to save :wq
> > To search for also ESC /alsa.
>
> To delete the current line, hold Shift and press D. This is handy
> when you need to delete a lot of text at once.
Thanks.

> I save by holding Shift and pressing Z twice, didn't know about
> :wq.

I got stuck in the editing process so opened another terminal and searched 
on vi and manual and found a detailed introduction.  One of the first 
things they taught was how to exit with and without saving.  They also 
suggested ESC ZZ, I think.

> > If I run 'make' I get a lot of undefined references to 'pow' and 'log' but
> > it did get partway through compilation and I have an sfxload.o now.
> >
> > This had compiled with gcc 2.95.3 or maybe it was egcs.  I think I just
> > edited Makefile.in and did not configure at all.
>
> Unlike glibc, uClibc has pow and log in libm instead of libc. It appears
> that awesfx assumes that is is being used with glibc (and pilot-link
> also appears to make the same assumption). Try this:

Why does uClibc not organize itself like glibc so that programs can be 
compiled more easily?


> LDFLAGS="-lm" ./configure
lm meaning libm?

> Then remake. Or edit the Makefile(s) and add -lm to the LDFLAGS
> or LIBS line.

I will try this.  What does LDFLAGS mean?  Is it pointing ld-linux to 
something?

My main reason for compiling with uClibc would be so that I can compile 
programs requiring later libc, without having to download and install the 
later libc.  Is this likely to be possible once I get past this sort of 
stumbling block?  I should read up on how to use uClibc at their site.

> David