[RaspPi] How To Compile OpenWRT Trunk with latest Raspberry Pi Kernel 3.10 for the RPi on Ubuntu 12.04

EDIT: This post is from 30.09.2013 and should be the "how to" to this post. However, I never released it for a now unknown reason. Because of the interest in this topic, I still will publish it today so that it can stand as some kind of documentation of what I did back then. However, I might not work anymore.

This is the latest Guide.

What are we doing here?
Building OpenWRT Trunk with the offical RPi 3.10 (next) Kernel.

Packages:
You can use some packages of the offical OpenWRT 12.09 Attitude Adjustment repo.
However, most kernel modules and stuff has to be built but yourself, as I
got no repo. Sorry!

Dependencies needed

sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion git-core libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev gawk flex quilt libssl-dev xsltproc libxml-parser-perl mercurial bzr ecj cvs unzip

Prepare Enviroment (Trunk)

cd ~
mkdir rpi_openwrt
cd rpi_openwrt
git clone git://git.openwrt.org/openwrt.git
cd openwrt
mkdir dl

Install Packages

./scripts/feeds update -a
./scripts/feeds install -a

Check Enviroment

make defconfig
make prereq

Download Kernel and Prepare:

cd /tmp

wget https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/archive/rpi-3.10.y.tar.gz

tar xfvz rpi-3.10.y.tar.gz
mv linux-rpi-3.10.y linux-3.10.13
tar -cJvf linux-3.10.13.tar.xz linux-3.10.13/
mv linux-3.10.13.tar.xz ~/rpi_openwrt/openwrt/dl/

Prepare Target

cd ~/rpi_openwrt/openwrt/target/linux/brcm2708/

Remove the RPi Kernel specific patches

we don't need them because we use the ORIGINAL kernel

- and not some retailored standard kernel!

mv patches-3.10 patches-3.10.bkp
mkdir patches-3.10

check wheter the makefile does try to catch the right kernel version

vi Makefile

change LINUX_VERSION to LINUX_VERSION:=3.10.13

Prepare Generic Patches

cd ../generic/patches-3.10

Normally it should be ok to just remove some of the patches like this.

if make target/linux/{clean,prepare} V=99 does fail in patching stage

you would need to remove another patch here

but for the time beeing, lets kill these files which are known to

wreck it:

rm 063-arm-fix-fiq-vivt.patch
rm 880-gateworks_system_controller.patch

#Make
cd ~/rpi_openwrt/openwrt/
make menuconfig # Choose BCM2708 Chipset, Raspberry Pi Board, Exit and Save
make target/linux/{clean,prepare} V=99 # does extract kernel and patch it
make kernel_oldconfig # builds some tools
make kernel_menuconfig # configures kernel
make menuconfig # to change RPi Patterns, i.e.:

Packages rep:

Image configuration -> Version configuration options -> Release Repo to:

http://downloads.openwrt.org/attitude_adjustment/12.09/%T/generic/packages

Main Partition Size from 48 to 64:

Target Options -> Root File System Size, change from 48 to 64 MB or more

Exit and Save

make V=99 -j 3

Files are in ~/rpi_openwrt/openwrt/bin/brcm2708
( i.e. openwrt-brcm2708-sdcard-vfat-ext4.img )
New build:
make kernel_menuconfig
make menuconfig
make V=99 -j 3

[RaspPi] Build Raspberry Pi Kernel 3.10 / NEXT for Debian Wheezy / Raspbian with eGalax Touchscreen Support on Ubuntu 12.04

This is about building the latest Kernel / 3.10 for RPi. Bleeding Edge.
# Preperations
sudo apt-get install git libncurses5 libncurses5-dev qt4-dev-tools qt4-qmake pkg-config build-essential gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi bc
# NEEDS BC!!!!

# Clone Stuff
mkdir rpi_kernel_10
cd rpi_kernel_10
git clone https://github.com/raspberrypi/tools.git
git clone https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux.git
cd ~/rpi_kernel_10/linux/.git
git branch -a
cd ~/rpi_kernel_10/linux
git checkout -t -b rpi-3.10.y remotes/origin/rpi-3.10.y
git pull
cd ~/rpi_kernel_10
git clone https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware.git
cd ~/rpi_kernel_10/firmware/.git
git branch -a
cd ~/rpi_kernel_10/firmware
git checkout -t -b next remotes/origin/next
git pull
cd ~/rpi_kernel_10

# Make Kernel
cd linux
make mrproper
mkdir ../kernel
# Kernel Types
# find . -name *bcmrpi*config -print
# ./arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_emergency_defconfig
# ./arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_defconfig
# ./arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_cutdown_defconfig
make O=../kernel/ ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi- bcmrpi_defconfig
make O=../kernel/ ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi- menuconfig #xconfig
#Device Drivers->Input Device Support->TouchScreens->USB Touchscreen Driver (Build it into or as module, check if eGalax here!)
make O=../kernel/ ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi- -k -j3
cd ../
cd tools/mkimage
./imagetool-uncompressed.py ../../kernel/arch/arm/boot/Image
cd ../../

# Make Modules
cd kernel
mkdir ../modules/
make modules_install ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi- INSTALL_MOD_PATH=../modules/
# Install Kernel on existing RPi SD Card / Raspbian
# mount sdcard in your Ubuntu (I made an folder sdb1 for boot partiton and sdb2 for the root partition)
cd ~
mkdir sdb1 sdb2
mount /dev/sdb1 sdb1
mount /dev/sdb2 sdb2

# boot partition
#replace /sdb1/boot/bootcode.bin with rpi_kernel_10/firmware/boot/bootcode.bin
sudo rm ~/sdb1/bootcode.bin
cp ~/rpi_kernel_10/firmware/boot/bootcode.bin ~/sdb1/
#replace /sdb1/boot/kernel.img with the previously created kernel image
sudo rm ~/sdb1/kernel.img
cp ~/rpi_kernel_10/tools/mkimage/kernel.img ~/sdb1/
#replace /sdb1/boot/start.elf with rpi_kernel_10/firmware/boot/start.elf
sudo rm ~/sdb1/start.elf
cp ~/rpi_kernel_10/firmware/boot/start.elf ~/sdb1/

# root partition
#replace /sdb2/lib/firmware with <modules_builded_above_folder>/lib/firmware
sudo rm -rf ~/sdb2/lib/firmware/
sudo cp -a ~/rpi_kernel_10/modules/lib/firmware/ ~/sdb2/lib/
#replace /sdb2/lib/modules with <modules_builded_above_folder>/lib/modules
sudo rm -rf ~/sdb2/lib/modules/
sudo cp -a ~/rpi_kernel_10/modules/lib/modules/ ~/sdb2/lib/
#replace /sdb2/opt/vc with firmware-next/hardfp/opt/vc/
sudo rm -rf ~/sdb2/opt/vc
sudo cp -a ~/rpi_kernel_10/firmware/hardfp/opt/vc/ ~/sdb2/opt/

# sync usb mount
sync

# Unmount sdcard
cd ~
umount sdb1
umount sdb2
# Boot Pi and calibrate Touchscreen
# This stuff happens on the Pi!
# Preperations
sudo apt-get install libx11-dev libxext-dev libxi-dev x11proto-input-dev

# Install Tool / xinput_calibrator
cd ~
wget http://github.com/downloads/tias/xinput_calibrator/xinput_calibrator-0.7.5.tar.gz
tar -xvzf xinput_calibrator-0.7.5.tar.gz
cd xinput_calibrator-0.7.5
./configure
make
sudo make install

# Calibrate (in Xserver, so open Terminal while beeing in Graphical User Mode)
xinput_calibrator

It will give output like this:
Calibrating EVDEV driver for "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController" id=8
current calibration values (from XInput): min_x=1938, max_x=114 and min_y=1745, max_y=341

Doing dynamic recalibration:
Setting new calibration data: 121, 1917, 317, 1741
--> Making the calibration permanent <--
copy the snippet below into '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf'
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "calibration"
MatchProduct "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController"
Option "Calibration" "121 1917 317 1741"
Option "SwapAxes" "1"
EndSection

Use the Output after "--> Making the calibration permanent <--
copy the snippet below into '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf'"
And copy the part after that into following file:

sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
sudo vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/01-input.conf

After that, save, exit and reboot.
That should conclude your newly "Custom baked Kernel" and your EGalax Touchscreen Support.

Thanks a lot to http://engineering-diy.blogspot.de/2013/01/adding-7inch-display-with-touchscreen.html

Raspberry Pi Kernel Compile


and http://karuppuswamy.com/wordpress/2013/01/17/how-to-get-evtouch-touch-screen-kit-working-in-linux/
from which I learnt and borrowed most of the stuff and tips and rewrote this How To with minor changes
Upgrade
cd linux
make mrproper
git pull
cd ../tools
git pull
cd ../firmware
git pull

[RaspPi] How To Compile OpenWRT Trunk with latest Raspberry Pi Kernel 3.6 for the RPi on Ubuntu 12.04

What are we doing here?

As far as I understand the problem, there are two worlds:
Raspberry Pi Foundation on the one hand, the OpenWRT Team on the other one.
OpenWRT does try to patch "Default Kernels" until they work out with the intended Plattform, which does work in most cases very well.
The problem is, RPi is an new target for the latest OpenWRT Release - and does work - but it does not get much love of the devs:
No trunk compiles or nightlys of the Image or the packages - i.e.
And - the "so patched Kernel" does not represent the state of the art of the RPi Kernel Development at all:
I got many errors of the "first days of Pi", like the loved "SDcard error" which corrupted the whole filesystem and such.

User arsiskk of the raspberrypi-openwrt project had the same problem.
The rpi-openwrt project tried to deliever the first OpenWRT Experience to the RPi Users - competing with OpenWRT - and succeeded.
But the problem somehow remained: The old kernel was lingering there and the Team seemed to have given up the project after RPi
became an official target (https://code.google.com/p/raspberrypi-openwrt/).
So arsiskk developed a procedure to compile the raspberrypi-openwrt Code with the latest RPi Kernel - which worked awesome.
But as the project seems to be quite dead now - I tried to convert his idea and use it on the offical OpenWRT Trunk Sourcetree.
And that worked.

So long story short, what are we doing here?
We grab the trunk OpenWRT official source code, load the offical RPi Kernel into it, delete a bunch of files
which would only be needed to supply an standard kernel with a bit of RPi support and compile it.
In the end we will have the latest OpenWRT trunk with the latest RPi Kernel.
The only problem: You would sometimes need to rebuild packages which do not work with the official, but old (3.6.11, compared to OpenWRTs 3.10.4) Kernel.
And - you can't update the OpenWRT trunk that easily.
It is basically an "build and throw away" system.
But it works!
# Dependencies needed
sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion git-core libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev gawk flex quilt libssl-dev xsltproc libxml-parser-perl mercurial bzr ecj cvs unzip

# Prepare Enviroment (Trunk)
cd ~
mkdir rpi_openwrt
cd rpi_openwrt
git clone git://git.openwrt.org/openwrt.git
cd openwrt
mkdir dl
# Install Packages
./scripts/feeds update -a
./scripts/feeds install -a

# Check Enviroment
make defconfig
make prereq

# Download Kernel and Prepare:
cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/archive/rpi-3.6.y.tar.gz
tar xfvz rpi-3.6.y.tar.gz
mv linux-rpi-3.6.y linux-3.6.11
tar cvf - linux-3.6.11/ | lzma > linux-3.6.11.tar.xz
mv linux-3.6.11.tar.xz ~/rpi_openwrt/openwrt/dl/

# Prepare Target
cd ~/rpi_openwrt/openwrt/target/linux/brcm2708/
vi Makefile
change LINUX_VERSION to LINUX_VERSION:=3.6.11
mkdir patches-3.6
cp config-3.10 config-3.6
cd ../generic/
cd patches-3.6
#if not exists, dl latest official openwrt, copy files from openwrt/target/linux/generic/patches-3.6 to here
# Normally it should be ok to just remove some of the patches like this:
rm *-mips*
rm *-phy*
rm a*
rm 880-gateworks_system_controller.patch
#But in case there are still errors on the make target/linux/{clean,prepare} V=99 Stage,
#remove all files except these, keep these files: (openwrt specific patches)
200-fix_localversion.patch 621-sched_act_connmark.patch
201-extra_optimization.patch 630-packet_socket_type.patch
202-reduce_module_size.patch 640-bridge_no_eap_forward.patch
210-darwin_scripts_include.patch 641-bridge_always_accept_eap.patch
211-stddef_include.patch 642-bridge_port_isolate.patch
212-byteshift_portability.patch 643-bridge_remove_ipv6_dependency.patch
220-module_exports.patch 644-bridge_optimize_netfilter_hooks.patch
230-openwrt_lzma_options.patch 650-pppoe_header_pad.patch
250-netfilter_depends.patch 651-wireless_mesh_header.patch
251-sound_kconfig.patch 652-atm_header_changes.patch
252-mv_cesa_depends.patch 653-disable_netlink_trim.patch
253-ssb_b43_default_on.patch 655-increase_skb_pad.patch
254-textsearch_kconfig_hacks.patch 900-slab_maxsize.patch
255-lib80211_kconfig_hacks.patch 910-kobject_uevent.patch
256-crypto_add_kconfig_prompts.patch 911-kobject_add_broadcast_uevent.patch
257-wireless_ext_kconfig_hack.patch 920-unable_to_open_console.patch
258-netfilter_netlink_kconfig_hack.patch 921-use_preinit_as_init.patch
260-move_bcm963xx_tag.patch 930-crashlog.patch
600-netfilter_layer7_2.22.patch 940-ocf_kbuild_integration.patch
601-netfilter_layer7_pktmatch.patch 941-ocf_20120127.patch
602-netfilter_layer7_match.patch 950-vm_exports.patch
603-netfilter_layer7_2.6.36_fix.patch 960-decompress_unlzo_fix.patch
604-netfilter_cisco_794x_iphone.patch 970-remove-unsane-filenames-from-deps_initramfs-list.patch
610-netfilter_match_bypass_default_checks.patch 980-arm_openwrt_machtypes.patch
611-netfilter_match_bypass_default_table.patch 992-mpcore_wdt_fix_watchdog_counter_loading.patch
612-netfilter_match_reduce_memory_access.patch 993-mpcore_wdt_fix_wdioc_setoptions_handling.patch
613-netfilter_optional_tcp_window_check.patch 994-mpcore_wdt_fix_timer_mode_setup.patch
620-sched_esfq.patch

#Make
cd ~/rpi_openwrt/openwrt/
make menuconfig # Choose BCM2708 Chipset, Raspberry Pi Board, Exit and Save
make target/linux/{clean,prepare} V=99 # does extract kernel and patch it
make kernel_oldconfig # builds some tools
make kernel_menuconfig # configures kernel
make menuconfig # to change RPi Patterns, i.e.:
# Packages rep:
# Image configuration -> Version configuration options -> Release Repo to:
# http://downloads.openwrt.org/attitude_adjustment/12.09/%T/generic/packages
# Main Partition Size from 48 to 64:
# Target Options -> Root File System Size, change from 48 to 64 MB or more
# Exit and Save
make V=99 -j 3

Files are in ~/rpi_openwrt/openwrt/bin/brcm2708
( i.e. openwrt-brcm2708-sdcard-vfat-ext4.img )
New build:
make kernel_menuconfig
make menuconfig
make V=99 -j 3

Inspiration and Help:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/build
https://code.google.com/p/raspberrypi-openwrt/issues/detail?id=11

[RaspPi] Build Raspberry Pi Kernel for Debian Wheezy / Raspbian with eGalax Touchscreen Support on Ubuntu 12.04

# Preperations
sudo apt-get install git libncurses5 libncurses5-dev qt4-dev-tools qt4-qmake pkg-config build-essential gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi bc

# Clone Stuff
mkdir rpi_kernel
cd rpi_kernel
git clone https://github.com/raspberrypi/tools.git
git clone https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux.git
git clone https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware.git
cd ~/rpi_kernel/firmware/.git
git branch -a
cd ~/rpi_kernel/firmware
git checkout -t -b next remotes/origin/next
git pull
cd ~/rpi_kernel

# Make Kernel
cd linux
make mrproper
mkdir ../kernel
# Kernel Types
# find . -name *bcmrpi*config -print
# ./arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_emergency_defconfig
# ./arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_defconfig
# ./arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_cutdown_defconfig
make O=../kernel/ ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi- bcmrpi_defconfig
make O=../kernel/ ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi- menuconfig #xconfig
#Device Drivers->Input Device Support->TouchScreens->USB Touchscreen Driver (Build it into or as module, check if eGalax here!)
make O=../kernel/ ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi- -k -j3
cd ../
cd tools/mkimage
./imagetool-uncompressed.py ../../kernel/arch/arm/boot/Image
cd ../../

# Make Modules
cd kernel
mkdir ../modules/
make modules_install ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi- INSTALL_MOD_PATH=../modules/
# Install Kernel on existing RPi SD Card / Raspbian
# mount sdcard in your Ubuntu (I made an folder sdb1 for boot partiton and sdb2 for the root partition)
cd ~
mkdir sdb1 sdb2
mount /dev/sdb1 sdb1
mount /dev/sdb2 sdb2

# backup config
cp ~/sdb1/config.txt ~/rpi_kernel/
# boot partition
sudo rm -rf ~/sdb1/*
# Copy all Files from boot
cp -R ~/rpi_kernel/firmware/boot/* ~/sdb1/
#replace /sdb1/boot/kernel.img with the previously created kernel image
sudo rm ~/sdb1/kernel.img
cp ~/rpi_kernel/tools/mkimage/kernel.img ~/sdb1/
# restore config
cp ~/rpi_kernel/config.txt ~/sdb1/

# root partition
#replace /sdb2/lib/firmware with <modules_builded_above_folder>/lib/firmware
sudo rm -rf ~/sdb2/lib/firmware/
sudo cp -R ~/rpi_kernel/modules/lib/firmware/ ~/sdb2/lib/
#replace /sdb2/lib/modules with <modules_builded_above_folder>/lib/modules
sudo rm -rf ~/sdb2/lib/modules/
sudo cp -R ~/rpi_kernel/modules/lib/modules/ ~/sdb2/lib/
#replace /sdb2/opt/vc with firmware-next/hardfp/opt/vc/
sudo rm -rf ~/sdb2/opt/vc
sudo cp -R ~/rpi_kernel/firmware/hardfp/opt/vc/ ~/sdb2/opt/

# sync usb mount
sync

# Unmount sdcard
cd ~
umount sdb1
umount sdb2
# Boot Pi and calibrate Touchscreen
# This stuff happens on the Pi!
# Preperations
sudo apt-get install libx11-dev libxext-dev libxi-dev x11proto-input-dev

# Install Tool / xinput_calibrator
cd ~
wget http://github.com/downloads/tias/xinput_calibrator/xinput_calibrator-0.7.5.tar.gz
tar -xvzf xinput_calibrator-0.7.5.tar.gz
cd xinput_calibrator-0.7.5
./configure
make
sudo make install

# Calibrate (in Xserver, so open Terminal while beeing in Graphical User Mode)
xinput_calibrator

It will give output like this:
Calibrating EVDEV driver for "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController" id=8
current calibration values (from XInput): min_x=1938, max_x=114 and min_y=1745, max_y=341

Doing dynamic recalibration:
Setting new calibration data: 121, 1917, 317, 1741
--> Making the calibration permanent <--
copy the snippet below into '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf'
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "calibration"
MatchProduct "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController"
Option "Calibration" "121 1917 317 1741"
Option "SwapAxes" "1"
EndSection

Use the Output after "--> Making the calibration permanent <--
copy the snippet below into '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf'"
And copy the part after that into following file:

sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
sudo vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/01-input.conf

After that, save, exit and reboot.
That should conclude your newly "Custom baked Kernel" and your EGalax Touchscreen Support.

Thanks a lot to http://engineering-diy.blogspot.de/2013/01/adding-7inch-display-with-touchscreen.html

Raspberry Pi Kernel Compile


and http://karuppuswamy.com/wordpress/2013/01/17/how-to-get-evtouch-touch-screen-kit-working-in-linux/
from which I learnt and borrowed most of the stuff and tips and rewrote this How To with minor changes
Upgrade
cd linux
make mrproper
git pull
cd ../tools
git pull
cd ../firmware
git pull
# then make and build like shown above

Check hard/softfp version of OS
${CCPREFIX}gcc -v 2>&1 | grep hard