Bug 18913
| Summary: | Cannot compile a kernel PERIOD! | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | David Crockett <david.crockett> |
| Component: | kernel | Assignee: | Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm> |
| Status: | CLOSED DUPLICATE | QA Contact: | David Lawrence <dkl> |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | high | ||
| Version: | 7.0 | CC: | arjan, jakub |
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i586 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2000-10-12 10:42:04 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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First of all, this has nothing to do with gcc.
The kernel-source rpm comes with depend an modversion info prepared so that
you're able to built third party modules against the installed currently running
kernel.
In the command sequence above you forgot to make mrproper first.
To kernel team:
I think Rules.make in Linus tree (and ours as well) is buggy:
@if [ ! -r $(MODINCL)/$*.stamp -o $(MODINCL)/$*.stamp -ot $< ]; then \
should probably read as:
@if [ ! -r $(MODINCL)/$*.stamp -o $(MODINCL)/$*.stamp -ot $< -o $(MODINCL)/$*.stamp -ot $(TOPDIR)/include/linux/autoconf.h ]; then \
because that's IMHO the reason why in this case the .ver files were not
updated during make dep after make menuconfig (which created a new autoconf.h).
This is a dupe of 18359 . You need to do a "make mrproper" first between switching from SMP to/from UP. (Remember to store and later restore your .config to a safe location, as "make mrproper" deletes it) |
I loaded Red Hat Linux 7.0, including 'kernel-source', 'kernel-headers', and the rest of the development component. One of my first tasks was to build a new kernel. Here are the steps I performed: cd /usr/src/linux make menuconfig (Press tab key to select "Exit", select "Yes" to save.) make dep make clean make bzImage The compilation halted when 'make bzImage' was executed. Here is a sample of the output: kgcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 - fomit- frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -m486 - malign-loop s=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=586 -DUTS_MACHINE='"i386"' - c -o init/version.o init/version.c make -C kernel make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.16/kernel' make all_targets make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.16/kernel' kgcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 - fomit- frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -m486 - malign-loop s=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=586 -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c ksyms.c In file included from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h:50, from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/module.h:19, from ksyms.c:14: /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/i386_ksyms.ver:6: warning: `cpu_data' redefined /usr/src/linux/include/asm/processor.h:96: warning: this is the location of the previous definition /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/i386_ksyms.ver:28: warning: `smp_num_cpus' redefined /usr/src/linux/include/linux/smp.h:77: warning: this is the location of the previous definition /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/i386_ksyms.ver:118: warning: `smp_call_function' redefined /usr/src/linux/include/linux/smp.h:83: warning: this is the location of the previous definition In file included from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/interrupt.h:51, from ksyms.c:21: /usr/src/linux/include/asm/hardirq.h:23: warning: `synchronize_irq' redefined /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/i386_ksyms.ver:138: warning: this is the location of the previous definition In file included from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/interrupt.h:52, from ksyms.c:21: /usr/src/linux/include/asm/softirq.h:75: warning: `synchronize_bh' redefined /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/i386_ksyms.ver:142: warning: this is the location of the previous definition /usr/src/linux/include/linux/kernel_stat.h: In function `kstat_irqs': In file included from ksyms.c:17: /usr/src/linux/include/linux/kernel_stat.h:47: `smp_num_cpus' undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/src/linux/include/linux/kernel_stat.h:47: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once /usr/src/linux/include/linux/kernel_stat.h:47: for each function it appears in.) make[2]: *** [ksyms.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.16/kernel' make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.16/kernel' make: *** [_dir_kernel] Error 2 ************************************************************************ After digging around at slashdot.org's website, I discovered a suggestion of setting 'CC=kgcc' in the /usr/src/linux/Makefile. I tried that and it did not work. I keep getting the same error. One other thing I noticed is that the /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules directory contains a lot of *.stamp and *.ver files. What are they there for and why? Specifically, I noticed one called "i386_ksyms.ver" which includes a #define for the `smp_num_cpus' variable that the compiler is complaining about. This define was NOT in the Red Hat 6.2 version of "i386_ksyms.ver". If I comment this '#define' out, I can execute 'make bzImage' and then 'make modules' successfully, BUT I shouldn't have to do this to make it work. Plus, I am concerned about any (spawned or unspawned) effects of this workaround. IF THIS IS ALREADY LISTED AS A BUG, OR IF THERE IS A SOLUTION, PLEASE LET ME KNOW! I cannot continue with my tasks until this issue is resolved.