Hi Uli, Short history and results of how I did this (not sure if I checkout right branch): $ git checkout -b odroidc2-3.14.y uli-linux/odroidc2-3.14.y $ CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- ARCH=arm64 make odroidc2_defconfig $ CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- ARCH=arm64 make rpm-pkg here I faced the same bug as you did "mixed implicit and static pattern" which has been addressed by following: $ git diff -u diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile index 18ea69f..067b6d3 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/Makefile +++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile @@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN), y) KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -mbig-endian AS += -EB LD += -EB +UTS_MACHINE := aarch64_be else KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -mlittle-endian AS += -EL LD += -EL +UTS_MACHINE := aarch64 endif comma = , $ CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- ARCH=arm64 make rpm-pkg [...] And fall into following (which is not new for me also): + cp Image.gz /home/vlomovtsev/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/kernel-3.14.79_c2_00013_gdea3141_dirty-8.aarch64/boot/vmlinuz-3.14.79-c2-00013-gdea3141-dirty cp: cannot stat 'Image.gz': No such file or directory error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.axFHeM (%install) RPM build errors: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.axFHeM (%install) /home/vlomovtsev/repo/linux-thunderx-centos/scripts/package/Makefile:39: recipe for target 'rpm-pkg' failed make[1]: *** [rpm-pkg] Error 1 Makefile:1131: recipe for target 'rpm-pkg' failed make: *** [rpm-pkg] Error 2 This could be fixed by following (See patch: https://patchwork.codeaurora.org/patch/90165/): $ git diff HEAD~1 diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile index 067b6d3..36bdd68 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/Makefile +++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile @@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ all: $(KBUILD_IMAGE) $(KBUILD_DTBS) boot := arch/arm64/boot +image_name: KBUILD_IMAGE :=$(boot)/$(KBUILD_IMAGE) + Image Image.gz: vmlinux $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(boot)/$@ Than it fails once again due to local version postfix in the kernel version (cd wasn't able to find $RPM_BUILD_DIR/lib/modules/3.14.79-c2-00013-gdea3141-dirty folder). Disabling option CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO will fix that issue. And eventually I was able to get rpms. WBR, Vadim