[ELDK] bridge-utils on ELDK 4.1

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <FB2A2D2F36FC264282887DD51732C0200145C933 at magmsg03.ad.magnumsemi.com> you wrote:
> 
> I need to urgently get the following bridge-utils command 

If it's urgent, you may want to consider to hire an expert.

The free community help you can get here has no guarantee of being
fast.

> The bridge-utils are not included as part of the ELDK 4.1 toolchain.
...
> 1.	copied over "brctl" to <rootfs_dir>/usr/sbin from a Debian
> bridge-utils package compiled for MIPS (Big Endian)

You must not expect that this will actually work.  Your  Deb=ian  box
will  be  built with a different set of system libraries etc., so you
must assume thjat the binaries cannot be exchanged between Debian and
ELDK - at  least  you  have  absolutley  no  waranty  for  error-free
operation.

> 1.	But when I tried 
> 
> 	a.	"brctl addbr <bridge>", it gave me an error message:
> 	b.	"add bridge failed: package not installed"
...
> 1.	Linux 2.6.18 kernel on my MIPS (big-endian) target

You mentioned this was with ELDK 4.1 - why are you using that old
kernel then? ELDK 4.1 comes with Linux 2.6.19.2 ...

> 1.	How can I get the "brctl" from bridge-utils working on my
> configuration?  I need it rather urgently.

To be safe, I recommend to rebuild the tools from the sources. If
cross-building becomes a problem, try building on the native system
(using the NFS root environment).

> 3.	Or (!) will I have to recompile my kernel?

This is pretty likely, too.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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