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. -- MandrakeSoft Inc http://www.chmouel.org Paris, France --Chmouel
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