Re: nVIdia nForce make error

[Alvin Oga <aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi ya tim

On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Tim wrote:

> I'm trying to install drivers for the nforce chip, for audio, OHCI USB
> and ethernet.  I've downloaded the tar file for drivers from the nVidia
> website.  After tar xvzf, I enter the created directory and run make
> which stops with the following error:
> 
> make -C nvnet
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/tim/tmp/nforce/nvnet'
> cc -c -DLINUX -DMODULE -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -D__KERNEL__ -O
> -Wstrict-prototypes -DCONFIG_PM -fno-strict-aliasing
> -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -falign-functions=4 -DMODULE
> -I/lib/modules/2.4.18/build/include   -DMODVERSIONS -include
> /lib/modules/2.4.18/build/include/linux/modversions.h nvnet.c
> cc1: Invalid option `-falign-functions=4'
> make[1]: *** [nvnet.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/tim/tmp/nforce/nvnet'
> make: *** [nvnet_make] Error 2
> 
> I'm running Debian Woody 3.0r0, with a 2.4.18 kernel.  This chip is on
> an ASUS motherboard, A7N266-VM.

the a7n266-vm works fine .. with tehir drivers..

i think  you're running into the gcc-2.9x.y version vs gcc-3.x problem ??
	( just a wild guess )

and otherwise.. i dont recall needing/using the "-C" option in make
( its been a while ... and also try a "make clean" too )

c ya
alvin