Re: Kernel 2.4.20 compilation errors
Quoting Tom Verbreyt <tom@abwaerts.be>:
> Hey all,
>
> In the past, I've succesfully compiled kernels many many times. Which
> doesn't make me an expert, I just follow my own usual recipe without
> really understanding every single option I select, and things work out
> quite good.
>
> This morning however, I'm trying to compile a 2.4.20 kernel, and time and
> again, I get these errors when make-ing a bzImage:
>
> In file included from ide-cd.c:318:
> ide-cd.h:440: error: long, short, signed or unsigned used invalidly for
> 'slot_tablelen'
> make[3]: *** [ide-cd.o] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory '/usr/.../drivers/ide'
> make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/.../drivers/ide'
> make[1]: *** [_subdir_ide] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/.../drivers'
> make: *** [_dir_drivers] Error 2
>
> After that, of course, I get kicked back to my prompt.
>
> Has anyone experienced the same behaviour? What am I doing wrong? I don't
> recall having done any different configuration than previous compilations
> on other machines - I don't understand why this is happening. And since
> I'm not a programmer at all, I'm quite, ehm, flabberghasted.
>
> So I was hoping someone could shed a light on this.
>
> Thanks for any hints!
> Tom
>
The 2.2.20 kernel will not compile correctly with gcc-3.2. I switched
the /usr/bin/gcc symlink to /usr/bin/gcc-2.95 and it all works again.
You probably already have both gcc 3.x and 2.95 installed. You can
also use an environment variable to tell which compiler to use.
HTH,
Jeffrey
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