# Kernel compilation fails when building imx-image-multimedia for i.MX8M Mini

**URL:** <https://community.solid-run.com/t/kernel-compilation-fails-when-building-imx-image-multimedia-for-i-mx8m-mini/292>\
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**Created:** [April 4, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/kernel-compilation-fails-when-building-imx-image-multimedia-for-i-mx8m-mini/292 "2022-04-04T12:38:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Marko](https://community.solid-run.com/u/Marko)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/kernel-compilation-fails-when-building-imx-image-multimedia-for-i-mx8m-mini/292/1 "2022-04-04T12:38:06Z")

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Hello,

as written in the title, I am trying to build a image for i.MX8M Mini that is a part of HummingBoard Pulse.

I have followed the instructions that are written [here](https://github.com/SolidRun/meta-solidrun-arm-imx8/tree/v4.19.35) as well as [here](https://solidrun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/developer/pages/287212276/i.MX8M+Mini+Yocto) (basically the same thing).

I am building the image with `bitbake imx-image-multimedia` command.

The problem that have that the build stops due to an compilation error in linux kernel.

The log file can be seen below:

```auto
DEBUG: Executing shell function do_compile
NOTE: make -j 32 HOSTCC=gcc -isystem/mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mmsolidrun-poky-linux/linux-imx/4.19.35-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/include -O2 -pipe -L/mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mmsolidrun-poky-linux/linux-imx/4.19.35-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/lib -L/mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mmsolidrun-poky-linux/linux-imx/4.19.35-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/lib -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-rpath-link,/mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mmsolidrun-poky-linux/linux-imx/4.19.35-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath-link,/mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mmsolidrun-poky-linux/linux-imx/4.19.35-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/lib -Wl,-rpath,/mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mmsolidrun-poky-linux/linux-imx/4.19.35-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath,/mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mmsolidrun-poky-linux/linux-imx/4.19.35-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/lib -Wl,-O1 HOSTCPP=gcc -E Image CC=aarch64-poky-linux-gcc -fuse-ld=bfd -fmacro-prefix-map=/mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mmsolidrun-poky-linux/linux-imx/4.19.35-r0=/usr/src/debug/linux-imx/4.19.35-r0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mmsolidrun-poky-linux/linux-imx/4.19.35-r0=/usr/src/debug/linux-imx/4.19.35-r0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mmsolidrun-poky-linux/linux-imx/4.19.35-r0/recipe-sysroot= -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mmsolidrun-poky-linux/linux-imx/4.19.35-r0/recipe-sysroot-native= -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work-shared/imx8mmsolidrun/kernel-source=/usr/src/kernel --sysroot=/mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mmsolidrun-poky-linux/linux-imx/4.19.35-r0/recipe-sysroot LD=aarch64-poky-linux-ld.bfd --sysroot=/mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mmsolidrun-poky-linux/linux-imx/4.19.35-r0/recipe-sysroot
  GEN ./Makefile
  Using /mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work-shared/imx8mmsolidrun/kernel-source as source for kernel
  CALL /mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work-shared/imx8mmsolidrun/kernel-source/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
  CHK include/generated/compile.h
make[3]: *** No rule to make target '/lib/firmware//imx/sdma/sdma-imx7d.bin', needed by 'firmware//imx/sdma/sdma-imx7d.bin.gen.o'. Stop.
/mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work-shared/imx8mmsolidrun/kernel-source/Makefile:1052: recipe for target 'firmware' failed
make[2]: *** [firmware] Error 2
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/os/linux/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_device.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/os/linux/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_linux.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/os/linux/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_math.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/os/linux/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_os.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/os/linux/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_debugfs.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/os/linux/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_allocator.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/os/linux/kernel/allocator/default/gc_hal_kernel_allocator_user_memory.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/os/linux/kernel/allocator/default/gc_hal_kernel_allocator_dma.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/os/linux/kernel/allocator/default/gc_hal_kernel_allocator_gfp.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/os/linux/kernel/allocator/default/gc_hal_kernel_allocator_reserved_mem.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/os/linux/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_driver.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/os/linux/kernel/platform/freescale/gc_hal_kernel_platform_imx.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/os/linux/kernel/allocator/default/gc_hal_kernel_allocator_dmabuf.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/os/linux/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_iommu.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/os/linux/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_drm.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/kernel/gc_hal_kernel.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_command.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_debug.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_db.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_event.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_heap.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_mmu.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_video_memory.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_power.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_security_v1.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/kernel/arch/gc_hal_kernel_context.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/kernel/arch/gc_hal_kernel_hardware.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/kernel/arch/gc_hal_kernel_hardware_async_fe.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/kernel/arch/gc_hal_kernel_hardware_mc_fe.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/kernel/arch/gc_hal_kernel_hardware_waitlink_fe.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/kernel/arch/gc_hal_kernel_recorder.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/os/linux/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_sync.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/os/linux/kernel/allocator/freescale/gc_hal_kernel_allocator_cma.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/os/linux/kernel/gc_hal_kernel_security_channel_emulator.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/security_v1/gc_hal_ta.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/security_v1/gc_hal_ta_mmu.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/security_v1/gc_hal_ta_hardware.o
  CC drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/hal/security_v1/os/emulator/gc_hal_ta_emulator.o
  AR drivers/mxc/gpu-viv/built-in.a
  AR drivers/mxc/built-in.a
  AR drivers/built-in.a
Makefile:146: recipe for target 'sub-make' failed
make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
Makefile:24: recipe for target '__sub-make' failed
make: *** [__sub-make] Error 2
ERROR: oe_runmake failed
WARNING: /mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mmsolidrun-poky-linux/linux-imx/4.19.35-r0/temp/run.do_compile.334:1 exit 1 from 'exit 1'
ERROR: Function failed: do_compile (log file is located at /mnt/yocto_data_ssd/mini/yocto_project/build_fsl-imx-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mmsolidrun-poky-linux/linux-imx/4.19.35-r0/temp/log.do_compile.334)

```

The main line that is problem is this one:

```auto
make[3]: *** No rule to make target '/lib/firmware//imx/sdma/sdma-imx7d.bin', needed by 'firmware//imx/sdma/sdma-imx7d.bin.gen.o'. Stop.

```

I am not sure what a imx7 related files are doing here, are they needed for i.MX8M Mini images?  
Can somebody help?

Best regards,  
Marko