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IBM x455 and Sarge to Etch



Hello,

I recently installed Debian Sarge on an IBM x455 using the Debian-3r5-ia64 netiso.

This comes with the "2.6.8-3-mckinley-smp #1 SMP Wed Dec 6 01:33:21 UTC 2006." kernel.

Since then I upgraded all the packages to Etch aside from  the kernel.

With the kernel I am having a little trouble. It appears the newer mckinley kernel does not work with my x455.

Where can I get the debian source files for this older kernel ?

I downloaded this 2.6.8-16sarge6 package and that will not compile:

sampson:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.8# export CC=gcc3.4

sampson:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.8# make menuconfig
 HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/mconf.o
scripts/kconfig/mconf.c:91: error: static declaration of 'current_menu' follows non-static declaration scripts/kconfig/lkc.h:63: error: previous declaration of 'current_menu' was here
make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/mconf.o] Error 1
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2

sampson:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.8# make
 HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/mconf.o
scripts/kconfig/mconf.c:91: error: static declaration of 'current_menu' follows non-static declaration scripts/kconfig/lkc.h:63: error: previous declaration of 'current_menu' was here
make[2]: *** [scripts/kconfig/mconf.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 2
make: *** [include/linux/autoconf.h] Error 2

even after a make clean it happens

sampson:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.8# make
 HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
 HOSTCC  scripts/basic/split-include
 HOSTCC  scripts/basic/docproc
 HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/conf.o
 HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/mconf.o
scripts/kconfig/mconf.c:91: error: static declaration of 'current_menu' follows non-static declaration scripts/kconfig/lkc.h:63: error: previous declaration of 'current_menu' was here
make[2]: *** [scripts/kconfig/mconf.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 2
make: *** [include/linux/autoconf.h] Error 2

Once I get a custom kernel to load, I need to compile in the qla23xx drivers for my network storage device.
So that will be another question later on.

The newer kernel versions do not appear to boot with this system.

The Debian 4 64-bit iso does not work with the x455.
Additionally, when I upgrade the kernel to the one etch uses, I got a kernel panic.


-Ted



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