building problem - toolchain

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Your kernel directory 'linux-2.6.x' lacks a vmImage file: 

/home/z125188/nios2-linux/uClinux-dist/linux-2.6.x/arch/nios2/boot/vmImage This usually means your toolchain lacks u-boot tools. Please check your toolchain installation. The file is generated when running 'make linux'.  how do i check my toolchain installation? :/  

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In normal nios2nommu build, mkimage is not needed. You should use "make" once to build everything. 

 Only if you are using "trunk" branch of uClinux-dist, it will need mkimage. mkimage is available from u-boot, you can either install it or build it.  1. for ubuntu/debian, apt-get install uboot-mkimage  2. cd nios2-linux/toolchain-build  make u-boot # then move the mkimage to your toolchain binary dir in your PATH.  - Hippo

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hippo @ Aug 24 2009, 08:17 PM) <{post_snapback}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=23567)</div> 

--- Quote Start ---  In normal nios2nommu build, mkimage is not needed. You should use "make" once to build everything.  Only if you are using "trunk" branch of uClinux-dist, it will need mkimage. mkimage is available from u-boot, you can either install it or build it.  1. for ubuntu/debian, apt-get install uboot-mkimage  2. cd nios2-linux/toolchain-build  make u-boot[/b]  --- Quote End ---    Those steps worked fine but i still get the same error.  I want to try nios2 with MMU without it worked fine and i build a lot of zImages but the MMU stuffs not working.   do i have to move the "mkimage" binary or just add the path to the PATH variable? i tried adding it with PATH=$PATH:/home/xyz/nios2-linux/toolchain-build/u-boot/tools   mfg Sven 

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--- Quote Start ---  WARNING: modpost: Found 4 section mismatch(es). To see full details build your kernel with: &#39;make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y&#39;  GEN .version  CHK include/linux/compile.h  UPD include/linux/compile.h  CC init/version.o  LD init/built-in.o  LD .tmp_vmlinux1  KSYM .tmp_kallsyms1.S  AS .tmp_kallsyms1.o  LD .tmp_vmlinux2  KSYM .tmp_kallsyms2.S  AS .tmp_kallsyms2.o  LD vmlinux  SYSMAP System.map  SYSMAP .tmp_System.map  OBJCOPY arch/nios2/boot/vmlinux.bin  GZIP arch/nios2/boot/vmlinux.gz  UIMAGE arch/nios2/boot/vmImage /usr/bin/mkimage [OPTIONS]   Options:  -f <MD5 name> Specify an input MD5 file. MD5s must be in jigdo&#39;s  pseudo-base64 format  -j <jigdo name> Specify the input jigdo file  -t <template name> Specify the input template file  -m <item=path> Map <item> to <path> to find the files in the mirror  -M <missing name> Rather than try to build the image, just check that  all the needed files are available. If any are missing,  list them in this file.  -v Make the output logging more verbose  -l <logfile> Specify a logfile to append to.  If not specified, will log to stderr  -o <outfile> Specify a file to write the ISO image to.  If not specified, will write to stdout  -q Quick mode. Don&#39;t check MD5sums. Dangerous!  -s <bytenum> Start byte number; will start at 0 if not specified  -e <bytenum> End byte number; will end at EOF if not specified  -z Don&#39;t attempt to rebuild the image; simply print its  size in bytes Kernel: arch/nios2/boot/vmImage is ready  Building modules, stage 2.  MODPOST 0 modules make[1]: Verlasse Verzeichnis &#39;/home/z125188/nios2-linux/linux-2.6&#39; if [ -f linux-2.6.x/vmlinux ]; then   ln -f linux-2.6.x/vmlinux linux-2.6.x/linux ;   fi[/b]  --- Quote End ---    why is he telling me the vmImage is ready when there is none ? :/    

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SvenHe @ Aug 25 2009, 04:15 PM) <{post_snapback}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=23585)</div> 

--- Quote Start ---  I want to try nios2 with MMU[/b]  --- Quote End ---    The nios2 linux with MMU is under final testing and will be opened for the public soon. Please wait.  - Hippo

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I don't want to update this message. But it seems to me that it is related to my issue. After i compiled the kernel, I got this message. 

 Image Name: Linux-3.7.0-01377-g1061bd7 Created: Mon Mar 25 15:41:30 2013 Image Type: NIOS II Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) Data Size: 1445018 Bytes = 1411.15 kB = 1.38 MB Load Address: c8000000 Entry Point: c8000000 Kernel: arch/nios2/boot/vmImage is ready  Configuring .sof files works smoothly but i could not download vmImage file:  rootF15: /path/nios2-download vmImage nios2-elf-objcopy:./vmImage: File format not recognized ./vmImage.srec: Unable to open input file rm: cannot remove `./vmImage.srec': No such file or directory  Have anybody encountered with this problem ? How to obtain zImage ?