From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 17:42:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 17:42:29 -0400 Received: from zero.tech9.net ([209.61.188.187]:38916 "EHLO zero.tech9.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 17:42:27 -0400 Subject: Re: failed kernel 2.4.2 build after applying the patch ac28 From: Robert Love To: "MEHTA,HIREN " "(A-SanJose,ex1)" Cc: "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/0.10.99 (Preview Release) Date: 26 Jun 2001 17:42:55 -0400 Message-Id: <993591787.579.0.camel@phantasy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 26 Jun 2001 15:35:09 -0600, MEHTA,HIREN (A-SanJose,ex1) wrote: > I tried to build the 2.4.2 kernel after applying patch ac28 > (patch-2.4.2-ac28) and it failed :-(( > > When it failed it gave the following message : > > *** Install db development libraries > > I thought kernel build should be independent of any userland libraries. i think this is because aicasm (the assembler for the aha7xxx scsi firmware) uses db1 to build itself. are you compiling aha7xxx support into the kernel? upgrade to the newest kernel (2.4.5-ac18) and rebuilding the firmware is optional, so you won't need the berekely db libraries. -- Robert M. Love rml at ufl.edu rml at tech9.net