Bug 16637

Summary: kernel compile fails
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Need Real Name <dkraft>
Component: kernelAssignee: Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact:
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 7.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Story Points: ---
Clone Of: Environment:
Last Closed: 2000-08-20 09:03:14 UTC Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Attachments:
Description Flags
.config none

Description Need Real Name 2000-08-20 08:59:39 UTC 
kernel 2.2.17pre19 with gcc-2.96 in pinstripe fails


make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17pre19/arch/i386/mm'
make -C  arch/i386/lib
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17pre19/arch/i386/lib'
make all_targets
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17pre19/arch/i386/lib'
cc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -D__ASSEMBLY__  -traditional -c
checksum.S -o checksum.o
checksum.S:231: badly punctuated parameter list in #define
checksum.S:237: badly punctuated parameter list in #define
make[2]: *** [checksum.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17pre19/arch/i386/lib'
make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17pre19/arch/i386/lib'
make: *** [_dir_arch/i386/lib] Error 2
root@isaac:/usr/src/linux>
Comment 1 Need Real Name 2000-08-20 09:03:12 UTC 
Created attachment 2738 [details]
.config
Comment 2 Michael K. Johnson 2000-08-20 20:38:01 UTC 
Use kgcc to compile the kernel.  Yeah, we don't like it
either, but the kernel has to make assumptions about
the compiler that other code does not, and the stable
kernel series tends to move slowly vis-a-vis compiler
changes.