Problem in Getting Mainline Kernel

DISCUSSION Freeman Zhang 4 participants 6 messages Dec 4, 2014 – Dec 5, 2014

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Freeman Zhang

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2014-12-04 12:21 UTC #0 lore raw

Hi list,

I cloned it for nearly 30 hours due to the poor connection :( How I wish the cloning process is resumable.

Finally I cloned the mainline kernel from "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git". However, when I'm looking at the git directory, I got nothing but:

. .. arch .DS_Store .git .gitignore .mailmap

I'm confused. I thought it would be like this:

	arch           include      mm               security
	block          init         modules.builtin  sound
	COPYING        ipc          modules.order    System.map
	CREDITS        Kbuild       Module.symvers   tools
	crypto         Kconfig      net              usr
	Documentation  kernel       README           virt
	drivers        lib          REPORTING-BUGS   vmlinux
	firmware       MAINTAINERS  samples          vmlinux.o
	fs             Makefile     scripts

Is my clone broken? I ran git pull and it said the clone is up-to-date. And the size of .git directory is over 1 GB.

Now I'm using tar.xz from kernel.org and it works just fine. But I still want to know what I should do with my git clone.

All the best!

Freeman Zhang

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Vinícius Tinti

2014-12-04 12:30 UTC #1 lore raw

Quoted 23 lines · Freeman Zhang

Hi list,
I cloned it for nearly 30 hours due to the poor connection :( How I wish the cloning process is resumable.
Finally I cloned the mainline kernel from "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git". However, when I'm looking at the git directory, I got nothing but:
. .. arch .DS_Store .git .gitignore .mailmap
I'm confused. I thought it would be like this:
        arch           include      mm               security
        block          init         modules.builtin  sound
        COPYING        ipc          modules.order    System.map
        CREDITS        Kbuild       Module.symvers   tools
        crypto         Kconfig      net              usr
        Documentation  kernel       README           virt
        drivers        lib          REPORTING-BUGS   vmlinux
        firmware       MAINTAINERS  samples          vmlinux.o
        fs             Makefile     scripts

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Is my clone broken? I ran git pull and it said the clone is up-to-date. And the size of .git directory is over 1 GB.

What does 'git status' give you?
If you have not modified anything try running git reset --hard HEAD it will restore all changes made in the repository.

Regards

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Now I'm using tar.xz from kernel.org and it works just fine. But I still want to know what I should do with my git clone.
All the best!
Freeman Zhang
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Kristof Provost

2014-12-04 13:12 UTC #2 lore raw

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Quoted 6 lines · Freeman Zhang

Finally I cloned the mainline kernel from "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git". However, when I'm looking at the git directory, I got nothing but:
. .. arch .DS_Store .git .gitignore .mailmap

Are you by any chance trying to do this on an OS X machine? That's going to lead to pain and suffering.

For example, there are a couple of files which have the same name with different case, which isn't going to work on a default OS X install. By default OS X has a case insensitive file system. It's possible to change that, but you *really* want a Linux system to build the kernel.

Regards,
Kristof

Freeman Zhang

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2014-12-04 13:58 UTC #3 lore raw

Hi Kristof,

You are right, I did clone the source on mac os. And I am really suffering :(

All the best!

Freeman

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Finally I cloned the mainline kernel from "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git". However, when I'm looking at the git directory, I got nothing but:
. .. arch .DS_Store .git .gitignore .mailmap
Are you by any chance trying to do this on an OS X machine? That's going to lead to pain and suffering.

Quoted 8 lines

For example, there are a couple of files which have the same name with different case, which isn't going to work on a default OS X install. By default OS X has a case insensitive file system. It's possible to change that, but you *really* want a Linux system to build the kernel.
Regards,
Kristof

Kernel Apprentice

2014-12-04 16:09 UTC #4 lore raw

Am 04.12.14 um 14:58 schrieb Freeman Zhang:

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Hi Kristof,
You are right, I did clone the source on mac os. And I am really suffering :(

I just tried it myself. Cloning works at least without *visible* errors. Cross compiling on OSX will lead to errors though I guess because of the aforementioned case insensivity.

I'm on Yosemity, btw.

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All the best!
Freeman
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Quoted 10 lines · Freeman Zhang
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Finally I cloned the mainline kernel from "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git". However, when I'm looking at the git directory, I got nothing but:
. .. arch .DS_Store .git .gitignore .mailmap
Are you by any chance trying to do this on an OS X machine? That's going to lead to pain and suffering.
Quoted 8 lines
For example, there are a couple of files which have the same name with different case, which isn't going to work on a default OS X install. By default OS X has a case insensitive file system. It's possible to change that, but you *really* want a Linux system to build the kernel.
Regards,
Kristof
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Freeman Zhang

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2014-12-05 01:29 UTC #5 lore raw

My cloning process showed no visible errors, but 'git status' print thousands of [Deleted]. I think that is why I miss nearly all the directories in my git directory.

Anyway, now I'm using:

	rsync -av --progress

rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git .

rsync is resumable. Hope it works :)

All the best!
Freeman
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Am 04.12.14 um 14:58 schrieb Freeman Zhang:
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Hi Kristof,
You are right, I did clone the source on mac os. And I am really suffering :(
I just tried it myself. Cloning works at least without *visible* errors. Cross compiling on OSX will lead to errors though I guess because of the aforementioned case insensivity.
I'm on Yosemity, btw.
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All the best!
Freeman
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Quoted 6 lines · Freeman Zhang
Finally I cloned the mainline kernel from "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git". However, when I'm looking at the git directory, I got nothing but:
. .. arch .DS_Store .git .gitignore .mailmap
Are you by any chance trying to do this on an OS X machine? That's going to lead to pain and suffering.
Quoted 8 lines
For example, there are a couple of files which have the same name with different case, which isn't going to work on a default OS X install. By default OS X has a case insensitive file system. It's possible to change that, but you *really* want a Linux system to build the kernel.
Regards,
Kristof
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