Kernel compile problems

Robert Dege rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU
Wed Jul 9 12:23:33 EDT 2003


I've tried the make mrproper.  The depmods still occur.  In fact, I just
about followed your instructions to the letter.

The funny thing is that I receive no noticable compile errors during a
make modules (except for the occasional warning outputs).

-Rob

>
> --- Robert Dege <rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU> wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to compile the 2.4.21 kernel on RedHat 7.3.  When I get to the
> > part of make modules_install (or make install for that matter), it craps
> > out in the end when it executes the depmod.
> >
> > Every module that I have selected in the config reports unresolved
> > symbols.  I even tried previous configs that compiled successfully in the
> > past, but the same problem exists.
> >
> > Any suggestions??
> >
>
> I've seen that before,  it is caused by not starting from a presitine tree..
>
> do this to resolve:
> cd /usr/src/linux. (assume your new tree is in this path)
> cp .config /tmp
> make mrproper  <-- very important,  makes the tree "super clean"
> cp /tmp/.config .
> make menuconfig
> 	LEt it open, and then just save and exit. (needed to load the .config file and
> setup a few things for the build)
>
> make dep clean && make bzImage && make modules && make modules_install && cp
> arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21
>
> The "&&" are used instead of ";" so that if any part fails, the build will stop
> there and not try and continue.
>
> make your initial ramdisk if you use one (not everyone uses one)
> (mkinitrd -f /boot/initrd-2.4.21.img 2.4.21)
> edit your grub.conf or lilo.conf (rerun lilo if you edit it) and add a section
> for your new kernel and initrd (if used).  do NOT delete your old kernel entry
> from lilo.conf or grub.conf in case this build fails to boot for whatever
> reason (typo in config file, or missing hw support in the kernel)
>
> Reboot on your new kernel..
>
>
>
> =====
> Dave J. Andruczyk
>
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Dege

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