[yocto] Kernel modules fail to compile for ARM

[Chris Tapp]

I'm trying to put a BSP together for an ARM system (Raspberry Pi, ARM1176JZF-S CPU). However, when I try and build the kernel I am getting a build failure when the kernel modules are compiled:

|   CC [M]  net/core/pktgen.o
| /media/SSD-RAID/build-edison-pi/tmp/work/pi-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-yocto-3.0.18+git1+d386e09f316e03061c088d2b13a48605c20fb3a6_1+2bba211297d10047637b8f49abd2c5415480ce4d-r3/linux/net/core/pktgen.c: In function 'pktgen_if_show':
| /media/SSD-RAID/build-edison-pi/tmp/work/pi-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-yocto-3.0.18+git1+d386e09f316e03061c088d2b13a48605c20fb3a6_1+2bba211297d10047637b8f49abd2c5415480ce4d-r3/linux/net/core/pktgen.c:682:2: error: can't find a register in class 'GENERAL_REGS' while reloading 'asm'
| /media/SSD-RAID/build-edison-pi/tmp/work/pi-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-yocto-3.0.18+git1+d386e09f316e03061c088d2b13a48605c20fb3a6_1+2bba211297d10047637b8f49abd2c5415480ce4d-r3/linux/net/core/pktgen.c:682:2: error: can't find a register in class 'GENERAL_REGS' while reloading 'asm'
| /media/SSD-RAID/build-edison-pi/tmp/work/pi-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-yocto-3.0.18+git1+d386e09f316e03061c088d2b13a48605c20fb3a6_1+2bba211297d10047637b8f49abd2c5415480ce4d-r3/linux/net/core/pktgen.c:682:2: error: 'asm' operand has impossible constraints
| /media/SSD-RAID/build-edison-pi/tmp/work/pi-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-yocto-3.0.18+git1+d386e09f316e03061c088d2b13a48605c20fb3a6_1+2bba211297d10047637b8f49abd2c5415480ce4d-r3/linux/net/core/pktgen.c:682:2: error: 'asm' operand has impossible constraints
| make[4]: *** [net/core/pktgen.o] Error 1

As a test, I __think__ I've modified my machine configuration so that it is the same as the BeagleBoard, but that also get the same even though the use of the BeagleBoard machine itself compiles. The only difference is I am trying to use the 3.0 kernel.

I see that the 3.0.bbappend doesn't list beagleboard as a 'compatible' machine but 2.6.37 does (under 6.0.1). Is what I see a known issue with the 3.0 kernel, or is there something else I can check?

Chris Tapp

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