Compiling again!

Jeff Mings jeffm at lava.net
Wed Oct 24 15:53:39 PDT 2001


Kernel compiling works now!

    In case anyone else has the same problem, I think the cure was the 
installation of the RH  7.1 update of the gcc packages.  I also grabbed 
a newer kernel, but since that didn't help before, I don't think the 
problem was in the kernel I was using.  Thanks for the suggestions, Warren!

-Jeff Mings




Warren Togami wrote:

>Did you go through a "menuconfig" or "xconfig" process?  You must SAVE a
>.config file even if you don't change any options.
>
>Then "make clean;make dep;make bzImage;make modules;make modules_install" ?
>
>Also, you appear to be compiling an ancient version of the kernel source.
>Whenever I attempt to make a new kernel, I never use the source code that
>comes with any distribution.  It will always be old, outdated and contain
>bugs.
>
>First go here http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/latest.html and read the
>last 3 or so issues of Kernel Traffic to learn which kernel tree is stable.
>Currently Linus Torvalds got all crazy and completely replaced the VM layer
>with a brand new one written from scratch... in a so called "stable" kernel
>series.  He has also been ignoring VM update patches since around 2.4.5.  As
>a result, "stable" kernels between since 2.4.7 until now are NOT stable.
>Grab Alan Cox's -ac kernel series if you want a stable kernel for now.  It
>has stuff like ext3 already integrated.  (Otherwise you can grab an ext3
>patch for -linus here http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/ext3/).  Also,
>Red Hat's Rawhide kernel tree is based on Alan Cox's -ac tree.  It goes
>through lots of testing, so it is generally stable too.  You can grab their
>latest kernel tree in a pre-built kernel packages or kernel-source RPM from
>Rawhide.
>
>Have you updated all your packages?  Both distributions may have
>minor/obscure compiler bugs.  Use up2date or upgrade manually.  Go for the
>Rawhide version of gcc 2.96.  It is generally safe.
>
>IMHO, stuff in Cooker tends to be broken a lot more often than Red Hat
>Rawhide.  I wouldn't suggest using Cooker packages too often, unless you are
>willing to test and roll-back if things break.
>
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