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Description of problem: Kernel compilation stops with errors. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-source-2.4.21-15.0.3.EL How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. up2date -if kernel-source 2. cd /usr/src/linux-2.4 3. make mrproper 4. cp configs/kernel-2.4.21-i686-hugemem.config .config 5. make menuconfig (and just leave) 6. make dep 7. make clean 8. make bzImage 9. make modules Actual results: make -C aic7xxx modules make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21- 15.0.3.EL/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx' gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.3.EL/include -Wall -Wstrict- prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Wno- unused -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -freorder-blocks -mpreferred-stack- boundary=2 -march=i686 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS - include /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.3.EL/include/linux/modversions.h - I/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.3.EL/drivers/scsi -Werror -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=aic7xxx_osm -c -o aic7xxx_osm.o aic7xxx_osm.c cc1: warnings being treated as errors In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.3.EL/include/linux/swap.h:6, from /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.3.EL/include/linux/mm.h:31, from /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.3.EL/include/linux/blkdev.h:9, from /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.3.EL/include/linux/blk.h:4, from aic7xxx_osm.h:63, from aic7xxx_osm.c:122: /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.3.EL/include/linux/brlock.h:88: warning: `always_inline' attribute directive ignored /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.3.EL/include/linux/brlock.h:101: warning: `always_inline' attribute directive ignored /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.3.EL/include/linux/brlock.h:171: warning: `always_inline' attribute directive ignored /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.3.EL/include/linux/brlock.h:179: warning: `always_inline' attribute directive ignored make[3]: *** [aic7xxx_osm.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21- 15.0.3.EL/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx' make[2]: *** [_modsubdir_aic7xxx] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.3.EL/drivers/scsi' make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_scsi] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.3.EL/drivers' make: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2
Instead of "make menuconfig" you'll want to run "make oldconfig" twice. The reason for running it twice is that the config file shipped by Red Hat is machine generated and the config language in the 2.4 kernel can only resolve dependencies in one direction. After that it should just compile. It does here...
Sorry for false alarm. The problem was that Oracle install requires (http://www.puschitz.com/InstallingOracle9i.shtml#RunningOracleInstallationO nRHELAS3) /usr/bin/gcc to be gcc 2.96 from compat-gcc. After I edited Makefile to use normal gcc compile succeded without any problems.