Bug 18060 - Failed to compile a kernel
Summary: Failed to compile a kernel
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Michael K. Johnson
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Reported: 2000-10-02 07:19 UTC by Imre Csaba Varasdy
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-10-02 08:34:05 UTC
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Description Imre Csaba Varasdy 2000-10-02 07:19:01 UTC 
Cannot compile a new kernel,always exiting with
/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib/checksum.S in line #231 and #237
Comment 1 Need Real Name 2000-10-02 07:56:11 UTC 
got the same error on an compaq proliant 2500 with 2 pentium pros.
failed to compile 2.2.16 (not the sources from redhat, but the standard ones)
and 2.2.17.
Comment 2 Need Real Name 2000-10-02 08:06:14 UTC 
maybe connected to our problem?
i got these warnings, too.
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18027
Comment 3 Alan Cox 2000-10-02 08:34:04 UTC 
Use kgcc (the kernel building gcc). The mainstream kernel is still abusing a few
things the new gcc catches out. And yes its not documented well enough!
Comment 4 Harvey Modlin 2000-10-05 08:04:20 UTC 
Well, I get the same error msg and as a result get no bzImage -- with or 
without the "export CC=kgcc" before the make.
Comment 5 Harvey Modlin 2000-10-05 09:04:07 UTC 
Aha. Found the problem! I really did forget to do the 'make mrproper' first! So 
with makr mrproper and 'export CC=kgcc', the kernel compiled just fine (thank 
you!) and the outcome was the bzImage file I wanted. Yippee! Thanks again.
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