linux-2.0.21 - Possible problem, second time kernel is built

J.M.Gaeta (gaeta@picker.com)
Wed, 25 Sep 1996 10:55:04 -0400


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Linus,

On my system, this problem is reproducible... I have only noticed this with 2.0.21...

The first time I unpack linux-2.0.21.tar.gz, and I do: make mrproper make xconfig make dep;make clean;make zImage;make modules;make modules_install the kernel is built with no problems. (I then proceed with: make modules;make modules_install... everything works great.)

Next I decided to rebuild the kernel a second time (I wanted to time how long it took), so I did: make dep;make clean;make zImage [...] Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/sound' [...] align-functions=2 -DCPU=586 -c -o dev_table.o dev_table.c gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strength-reduce -pipe -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=586 -c -o sound_switch.o sound_switch.c sound_switch.c: In function `init_status': sound_switch.c:97: parse error before `SOUND_CONFIG_DATE' make[2]: *** [sound_switch.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/sound' make[1]: *** [sub_dirs] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers' make: *** [linuxsubdirs] Error 2

I've repeated this in it's entirety a couple of times with similar results. Am I doing something wrong? I have not had any problems with previous kernel patches/releases... Is there a "hidden feature" in the new mkdep.c ;) ? Please let me know if I should provide additional information.

As long as I am sending you a message, here is a cosmetic problem that also appeared (perhaps they are related):

make xconfig rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts kconfig.tk make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts' make -C /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound mkscript make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/sound' Compiling Sound Driver v 3.5.5-beta1 for Linux rm -f configure gcc -I/usr/src/linux/include -o configure configure.c ./configure script > Config.in cat lowlevel/Config.tmpl >> Config.in ./configure fixedlocal > local.h ./configure fixeddefines > .defines make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/sound' gcc -I/usr/src/linux/include -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -g -Wall -c -o tkparse.o tkparse.c tkparse.c: In function `do_source': tkparse.c:582: warning: `old_file' might be used uninitialized in this function gcc -I/usr/src/linux/include -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -g -Wall -c -o tkcond.o tkcond.c gcc -I/usr/src/linux/include -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -g -Wall -c -o tkgen.o tkgen.c tkgen.c: In function `dump_tk_script': tkgen.c:674: warning: `menulabel' might be used uninitialized in this function gcc -I/usr/src/linux/include -o tkparse tkparse.o tkcond.o tkgen.o ./tkparse < ../arch/i386/config.in > kconfig.tmp cat header.tk >> ./kconfig.tk cat kconfig.tmp >> kconfig.tk rm -f kconfig.tmp echo "set defaults \"arch/i386/defconfig\"" >> kconfig.tk cat tail.tk >> kconfig.tk chmod 755 kconfig.tk make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts' wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk WARNING - broken Config.in! CONFIG_AEDSP16 was not declared! make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/sound' Compiling Sound Driver v 3.5.5-beta1 for Linux rm -f configure gcc -I/usr/src/linux/include -o configure configure.c ./configure fixedlocal > local.h ./configure fixeddefines > .defines make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/sound'

Note the tkparse.c:582: warning, and tkgen.c:674: warning. Also note that the WARNING - broken Config.in! CONFIG_AEDSP16 was not declared! has been in recent kernels for a while now.

By the way 2.0.21 seems to be working OK on my system: Pentium, 120MHz, 32Mbyte mem., MAD16 Sound board,...

Hope this is a useful message. Thanks for all your efforts.

Regards,

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Jay Gaeta <gaeta@picker.com>

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