steps to make zimage, uimage

Here we attempt to create zimage and uimage associated with linux kernel required
to port linux on arm9

First download the kernel in our case,linux-2.6.24-rc8, from kernel.org.
Then extract the file.
Then type the following in terminal:
First make a directory

$ mkdir cs-e9302
$ cd cs-e9302
$ wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.24/linux-2.6.24-rc8.tar.bz2
$ wget http://dev.ivanov.eu/projects/cs-e9302/linux-2.6.24-rc8_ep93xx_mmc.patch.gz
$ tar -xjf linux-2.6.24-rc8.tar.bz2
$ cd linux-2.6.24-rc8
$ zcat ../linux-2.6.24-rc8_ep93xx_mmc.patch.gz | patch -p1
$ cp cs-e9302_kernel_config .config


$ cd linux-2.6.24-rc8
$ nano Makefile

in the makefile change:
ARCH? =arm
CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi-


Then save the changes in the Makefile.
After that

$ cd linux-2.6.24-rc8
$ make oldconfig
$ make menuconfig

In the menuconfig file
Make sure your system type is "EP93xx-based" and "Support Cirrus Logic EDB9302" platform:
And for more functions check "Root file system on NFS" and SMB file system support".

after making these changes just write the make command:
$ make
we will get the kernel in the arch/arm/boot directory.




Now for creating the uImage:
We will need to install mkimage in the PC.
$ sudo apt-get install uboot-mkimage

After this to get the uImage:
$ mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 30008000 -e 30008000 -n \linux-2.6.24-rc8

This would create the uImage in the same directory as the zImage.(in  linux-2.6.24-rc8/arch/arm/boot)