RH 9 kernel compile error

RH 9 kernel compile error

[Eric Wood]

Sorry for the newbie question.
I'm trying some new megaraid drivers so I have to recompile.  For RH9, in
the /usr/src/linux-2.4/ directory, I used:

# cp configs/kernel-2.4.20-i686.config .config
# make rpm

During the recompile I get an error:
I have 2.4.20-18.9 and 2.4.20-6 installed and get the error for both
versions. Any ideas?
-eric wood



gcc -D_KERNEL_ -I/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.4.2018.9custom/include -Wall
 -
Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomi
t-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686   -nostdinc -
iwithpre
fix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=oprofile_stats  -c -o
../../../drivers/oprofile/oprofile_stats.o
../../../drivers/oprofile/oprofile_stats.c
../../../drivers/oprofile/oprofile_stats.c: In function
`oprofile_reset_stats':
../../../drivers/oprofile/oprofile_stats.c:25: warning: implicit declaration
of function `cpu_possible'
rm -f oprofile.o
ld -m elf_i386  -r -o oprofile.o init.o timer_int.o
../../../drivers/oprofile/oprof.o ../../../drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.o
../../../drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.o
../../../drivers/oprofile/event_buffer.o
../../../drivers/oprofile/oprofile_files.o
../../../drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.o
../../../drivers/oprofile/oprofile_stats.o
../../../drivers/oprofile/event_buffer.o(.text+0x0): In function
`dcookie_register':
> multiple definition of `dcookie_register'
../../../drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.o(.text+0x0): first defined here
../../../drivers/oprofile/event_buffer.o(.text+0x10): In function
`dcookie_unregister':
> multiple definition of `dcookie_unregister'
../../../drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.o(.text+0x10): first defined here
make[3]: *** [oprofile.o] Error 1

Re: RH 9 kernel compile error

[Ben Greear]

Eric Wood wrote:
> Sorry for the newbie question.
> I'm trying some new megaraid drivers so I have to recompile.  For RH9, in
> the /usr/src/linux-2.4/ directory, I used:
> 
> # cp configs/kernel-2.4.20-i686.config .config
> # make rpm
> 
> During the recompile I get an error:
> I have 2.4.20-18.9 and 2.4.20-6 installed and get the error for both
> versions. Any ideas?
> -eric wood

Try doing a make mrproper or make clean first.  That has helped
me compile redhat kernels.  After mrproper, have to copy the .config
again, make menuconfig (or maybe oldconfig would work),
then: make dep bzImage modules

I have never used rpm target...but I imagine it works :)

Ben


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Re: RH 9 kernel compile error

[Eric Wood]

Ben Greear wrote:
> I have never used rpm target...but I imagine it works :)

Overall yes. As long as you:
# make mrproper `/bin/cp configs/kernel-2.4.20-i686.config .config`
oldconfig dep clean rpm

The resulting rpm file seems to always be built for i386 even though you're
using a 686 .config file.  It looks like kerne.spec file which is generated
from "scripts/mkspec" neglects to issue an arch.  Or you have to edit the
Makefile and slip in a "--target=i686" or "--target=athlon" like so:

$(RPM) -ta --target=i686 $(TOPDIR)/../$(KERNELPATH).tar.gz ; \

before you do the build.
-eric