[FE training-materials-updates] Disable lockdep in the kernel configuration
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Thu May 30 16:31:16 CEST 2013
Repository : git://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials.git
On branch : master
Link : http://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials/commit/?id=832034a1d00f073b988db1b5c5700e46416a19fa
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commit 832034a1d00f073b988db1b5c5700e46416a19fa
Author: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
Date: Thu May 30 16:30:06 2013 +0200
Disable lockdep in the kernel configuration
Tell people to disable lockdep, it shows some scary warnings when a
JFFS2 root filesystem is used.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
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832034a1d00f073b988db1b5c5700e46416a19fa
.../sysdev-kernel-cross-compiling.tex | 19 +++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/labs/sysdev-kernel-cross-compiling/sysdev-kernel-cross-compiling.tex b/labs/sysdev-kernel-cross-compiling/sysdev-kernel-cross-compiling.tex
index a111263..2a08f93 100644
--- a/labs/sysdev-kernel-cross-compiling/sysdev-kernel-cross-compiling.tex
+++ b/labs/sysdev-kernel-cross-compiling/sysdev-kernel-cross-compiling.tex
@@ -58,10 +58,21 @@ ready-made configuration.
Don't hesitate to visualize the new settings by running
\code{make xconfig} afterwards!
-As an example of configuration modification, let's change the kernel
-compression from Gzip to LZMA. This compression algorithm is far more
-efficient than Gzip, in terms of compression ratio, at the expense of
-a higher decompression time.
+In the kernel configuration :
+
+\begin{itemize}
+
+\item Make sure to disable \code{CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING}. This option is
+ currently causing problems with the JFFS2 filesystem. This option is
+ in \code{Kernel Hacking} $\rightarrow$
+ \code{Lock debugging: prove locking correctness}.
+
+\item As an experiment, let's change the kernel compression from Gzip
+ to LZMA. This compression algorithm is far more efficient than Gzip,
+ in terms of compression ratio, at the expense of a higher
+ decompression time.
+
+\end{itemize}
\section{Cross compiling}
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