Re: problem compiling linux-source-4.19

[John Covici <covici@ccs.covici.com>]

I want to thank you again, you pointed me in the right direction, I
found a typo with the version exactly as you pointed to, and now its
happily compiling.

On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 17:40:47 -0400,
Darac Marjal wrote:
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> On 25/04/2021 20:23, John Covici wrote:
> > Hi.  In the make bzImage step of compiling linux-source-4.19 I get the
> > following error:
> >
> >   CC      arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.o
> >   arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c: In function ʽhyperv_initʼ:
> >   arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c:338:52: error: expected expression before
> >   ʽ,ʼ token
> >     guest_id = generate_guest_id(0, LINUX_VERSION_CODE, 0);
> >                                                         ^
> > 											 make[2]: ***
> >   [scripts/Makefile.build:309: arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.o] Error 1
> >
> > I am not trying to build the .deb package, just compiling.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> 
> I'm going to guess that the caret is *supposed* to line up with the
> second comma on that line, rather than the "0", but it's close enough.
> It looks like "LINUX_VERSION_CODE" is undefined, so your code is being
> parsed as "generate_guest_id(0, ,0);" which is invalid C code.
> 
> Questions, then:
> 
>  * Do you get the same error if you build vanilla Linux (i.e. from
> kernel.org?
> 
>  * How are you invoking this build?
> 
>  * What C compiler (and what version thereof) are you using?
> 
>  * Is there a reason you need what's now quite an old kernel?
> 
> 
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> >
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