Didj Kernel Build Environment

Steps to a working didj build environment using Ubuntu 9.1 (Karmic Koala)
Add the following line your "/etc/apt/sources.list":

"deb http://scratchbox.org/debian/ stable main"

Install Scratchbox:


 * sudo apt-get update
 * sudo apt-get install scratchbox-core scratchbox-devkit-cputransp scratchbox-devkit-debian scratchbox-libs scratchbox-toolchain-arm-gcc4.1-uclibc20061004

Add these settings to /etc/sysctl.conf


 * vm.vdso_enabled = 0
 * vm.mmap_min_addr = 4096

Run:


 * sudo sysctl -p

Add yourself to the "scratchbox" user group:


 * sudo /scratchbox/sbin/sbox_adduser "$USER"

Make a symbolic link to avoid sudo errors:


 * sudo ln -s /scratchbox/tools/bin/fakeroot /scratchbox/tools/bin/sudo

At this point you will need to log out of and then back in to your computer and re-open terminal.

Enter "scratchbox" into a terminal to start the sandbox environment:


 * 1)    Next, enter "sb-menu" to bring up the Scratchbox configuration menu.
 * 2)    Then you'll want to select "Setup".
 * 3)    Select "" for a new target, then enter "didj" as your target name.
 * 4)    Choose "arm-gcc4.1-uclibc20061004" as your compiler.
 * 5)    Then, browse down to select the "cputransp" development kit. Then select "DONE".
 * 6)    Next, select "qemu-arm-cvs" for your CPU-transparency method.
 * 7)    Then, choose "NO" for extracting a rootstrap to the target.
 * 8)    Select "YES" to install files on the target. Choose any extra packages to install, and then select "OK".
 * 9)    Finally, choose "YES" to select the target you just created.

Run:


 * wget http://medialib.leapfrog.com/didj_opensource_code/Didj-Linux-4222-20090422-1236.tar.gz

And decompress it:


 * tar -xzf Didj-Linux-4222-20090422-1236.tar.gz

Run from your home folder:


 * nano .bashrc

And put in this text:


 * export PROJECT_PATH=~/Didj-Linux-4222-20090422-1236
 * export TARGET_MACH=LF_LF1000
 * export CROSS_COMPILE=sbox-arm-linux-uclibc
 * export ROOTFS_PATH=~/didj-rootfs
 * export RELEASE_PATH=~/release
 * export TFTP_PATH=~/tftp

Exit scratchbox

Run:


 * sudo cp /scratchbox/users/$USER/home/$USER/Didj-Linux-4222-20090422-1236/host_tools/mkimage /scratchbox/compilers/bin/
 * sudo mv /scratchbox/users/$USER/home/$USER/Didj-Linux-4222-20090422-1236/host_tools/mkimage /scratchbox/users/$USER/home/$USER/Didj-Linux-4222-20090422-1236/host_tools/mkimage.disable

Now go go back into scratchbox and run:


 * mkdir didj-rootfs
 * mkdir release
 * mkdir tftp
 * ./Didj-Linux-4222-20090422-1236/scripts/make_rootfs.sh

Change Kernel Settings
If you want to change kernel options, make sure you are not in scratchbox and run these commands:


 * sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev
 * cd /scratchbox/users/$USER/home/$USER/Didj-Linux-4222-20090422-1236/linux-2.6.20-lf1000
 * make menuconfig

Create kernel.bin
To make a bootable kernel.bin for use in a distribution package run this command inside scratchbox:
 * ./Didj-Linux-4222-20090422-1236/scripts/make_kernel.py

The resulting kernel.bin will be in the scripts directory.