Re: RedHat Linux 5.9 & Kernel 2.2.6/Kernel 2.2.7

Erik Espinoza (espinoza@thecity.sfsu.edu)
Thu, 29 Apr 1999 20:31:14 -0700


At 10:53 PM 4/29/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Did you remember to link the linux dir with linux-2.2.7 dir in /usr/src ?
>
>ie `ln -s linux-2.2.7 linux'
>
>I'm saying this beacuse I see the dir `/usr/src/linux-2.2.7' instead of
>`/usr/src/linux'.
>
>> make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.7/net/core'
>> make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.7/net/core'
>> make[1]: *** [_subdir_core] Error 2
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.7/net'
>
>But what do I know. I haven't updated my kernal since 2.2.4 :) Call me
>lazy.
>
>--graeme
>
>
>On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Erik Espinoza wrote:
>
>> I am using RedHat Linux 5.9, I was able to compile kernel 2.2.5-ac6 without
>> any modifications. When I tried compiling kernel 2.2.7 I got this error:
>>
>> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.2.7/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
>> -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -m486 -malign-loops=2
>> -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686 -c -o iovec.o iovec.c
>> iovec.c: In function `memcpy_toiovec':
>> iovec.c:92: `err' undeclared (first use in this function)
>> iovec.c:92: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
>> iovec.c:92: for each function it appears in.)
>> iovec.c:76: warning: unused variable `evr'
>> iovec.c:95: warning: control reaches end of non-void function
>> make[3]: *** [iovec.o] Error 1
>> make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.7/net/core'
>> make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.7/net/core'
>> make[1]: *** [_subdir_core] Error 2
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.7/net'
>> make: *** [_dir_net] Error 2
>>
>> I got the exact same error when I was compiling kernel 2.2.6, yet I'm still
>> using hte same .config. Anyone have any ideas?
>>
>> Erik Espinoza
>>
>>
>> ============================================================
>>
>>
>> -- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or looks
>> -- unusual then possibly you have very old versions)
>> Linux ftp.bearnet.org 2.2.5-ac6 #1 Thu Apr 8 13:04:44 PDT 1999 i686 unknown
>> Kernel modules 2.1.121
>> Gnu C egcs-2.91.66
>> Binutils 2.9.1.0.22
>> Linux C Library 2.1.1
>> Dynamic linker ldd (GNU libc) 2.1.1
>> Procps 1.2.10
>> Mount 2.9
>> Net-tools (1999-01-01)
>> Kbd [option...]
>> Sh-utils 1.16
>> Modules Loaded appletalk 3c59x
>>
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>
>Graeme Burke
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