Jeff Groves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I still have not figured out how to build the kernel from source.
> 
> I installed a fresh version of Mandrake 7.1 (Developer option) with
> all the standard defaults.  The only unusual thing I did was to create
> ReiserFS filesystems (except for /boot).
> 
> Now I have a "virgin" system, so I installed the latest source kernel
> RPM (kernel-2.2.17-6mdk.src.rpm) from Cooker.  I am trying to get the
> DPT I2O driver working and it appears that this kernel already has the
> patches to support it.
> 
> Next, I started the build:
>    rpm -ba --target=i586 kernel-2.2.spec
> 
> A while later it failed, and I noticed several errors similar to the following:
>    newport.c:11: asm/gfx.h: No such file
>    newport.c:12: asm/ng1.h: No such file
>    newport.c:14: asm/newport.h: No such file
> 
> The last error lines were:
>    + %make bZImage
>    /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.6671: fg: no job control
>    Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.6671 (%build)
> 
> Frankly, I don't think it is possible to build a kernel on a "stock"
> install.  The people who build kernels must have some other files
> installed that are not present on my system.
> 
> How can I figure out what is missing?

you need to install the last rpm from cooker if you want to recompile
the kernel from cooker.

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