I cross compile a RPI3 32bit kernel from my x86 (ubuntu container on docker) and when tried to disable some variables (in my case e.g. L2 cache or branch prediction) I cannot find anything (with search). On the RPI itself menuconfig showed those settings in "System Type" but this menu isnt even there.
I followed the official RPI kernel build guide
sudo apt install crossbuild-essential-armhf
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux
export KERNEL=kernel7
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- bcmrpi_defconfig
make menuconfig
What I expected to find were:
CPU_ICACHE_DISABLE
CPU_DCACHE_DISABLE
Disable branch prediction
Update:
For simpler make commands I set some environment variables
export ARCH=arm
export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf-
export MAKEFLAGS=j4
Then when running make defconfig
(Default configuration is based on 'multi_v7_defconfig') the resulting make menuconfig
is a lot more what I was expecting.
I still need to verify, building now.
Not sure why, but I can see the menus and variables. Even removed the linux folder made a clean start.
Here the commands ran:
sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/fat32
sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /mnt/ext4
cd linux
export KERNEL=kernel7 && export ARCH=arm && export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- && export MAKEFLAGS=j4 && export INSTALL_MOD_PATH=mnt/ext4
make bcm2709_defconfig
make menuconfig
time make zImage modules dtbs
env PATH=$PATH make modules_install
cp arch/arm/boot/zImage /mnt/fat32/kernel_cross.img
cp arch/arm/boot/dts/*.dtb /mnt/fat32/
cp arch/arm/boot/dts/overlays/*.dtb* /mnt/fat32/overlays/
cp arch/arm/boot/dts/overlays/README /mnt/fat32/overlays/
exit
sudo umount /mnt/ext4
sudo umount /mnt/fat32
Move SD card over to RPI and boot. (uname -a shows new compile time and no SMP when disabled)
Sidenote to docker if someone is interested. I run a ubuntu docker with both mounted partitions as shared folders.
sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/fat32
sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /mnt/ext4
docker run -it ubuntu -v /mnt/fat32/:/mnt/fat32 -v /mnt/ext4/:/mnt/ext4 /bin/bash