Bug 16637 - kernel compile fails
Summary: kernel compile fails
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael K. Johnson
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-08-20 08:59 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-08-20 09:03:14 UTC
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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.
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