Impossible to compile kvm-88 on Redhat 5.4

Impossible to compile kvm-88 on Redhat 5.4

[Arnaud Maillet]

Hello, when I try to compile kvm-88 on Redhat 5.4 I have this error :

 CC [M]  /root/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/svm.o
In file included from <ligne de commande>:1:
/root/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/external-module-compat.h:12: erreur:
redefinition of typedef â
include/asm/types.h:50: erreur: previous declaration of â was here
In file included from /root/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/external-module-compat.h:16,
                 from <ligne de commande>:1:
/root/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/../external-module-compat-comm.h:609:
erreur: static declaration of â follows non-static declaration
include/linux/mm.h:873: erreur: previous declaration of â was here
make[4]: *** [/root/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/svm.o] Erreur 1
make[3]: *** [/root/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86] Erreur 2
make[2]: *** [_module_/root/kvm-88/kvm/kernel] Erreur 2
make[1]: *** [all] Erreur 2
make: *** [kvm-kmod] Erreur 2


Maybe I forgot a dep ?

there is the result of ./configure :

[root@junon kvm-88]# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/kvm

Error: libpci check failed
Disable KVM Device Assignment capability.

Install prefix    /usr/local/kvm
BIOS directory    /usr/local/kvm/share/qemu
binary directory  /usr/local/kvm/bin
Manual directory  /usr/local/kvm/share/man
ELF interp prefix /usr/gnemul/qemu-%M
Source path       /root/kvm-88
C compiler        gcc
Host C compiler   gcc
ARCH_CFLAGS       -m64
make              make
install           install
host CPU          x86_64
host big endian   no
target list       x86_64-softmmu
tcg debug enabled no
gprof enabled     no
sparse enabled    no
strip binaries    yes
profiler          no
static build      no
-Werror enabled   no
SDL support       no
curses support    yes
curl support      no
mingw32 support   no
Audio drivers     oss
Extra audio cards ac97 es1370 sb16
Mixer emulation   no
VNC TLS support   no
VNC SASL support  no
kqemu support     no
xen support       no
CPU emulation     yes
brlapi support    no
Documentation     no
NPTL support      yes
vde support       no
AIO support       yes
IO thread         no
Install blobs     yes
KVM support       yes
KVM trace support no
fdt support       no
preadv support    no



Thanks in advance!

As regards

Re: Impossible to compile kvm-88 on Redhat 5.4

[Jan Kiszka]

Arnaud Maillet wrote:
> Hello, when I try to compile kvm-88 on Redhat 5.4 I have this error :
> 
>  CC [M]  /root/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/svm.o
> In file included from <ligne de commande>:1:
> /root/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/external-module-compat.h:12: erreur:
> redefinition of typedef â
> include/asm/types.h:50: erreur: previous declaration of â was here
> In file included from /root/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/external-module-compat.h:16,
>                  from <ligne de commande>:1:
> /root/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/../external-module-compat-comm.h:609:
> erreur: static declaration of â follows non-static declaration
> include/linux/mm.h:873: erreur: previous declaration of â was here
> make[4]: *** [/root/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86/svm.o] Erreur 1
> make[3]: *** [/root/kvm-88/kvm/kernel/x86] Erreur 2
> make[2]: *** [_module_/root/kvm-88/kvm/kernel] Erreur 2
> make[1]: *** [all] Erreur 2
> make: *** [kvm-kmod] Erreur 2
> 
> 
> Maybe I forgot a dep ?

You may want to try recently release kvm-kmod-2.6.31.5 as it fixed a lot
of build issues against older kernels. What kernel version is in RH 5.4?

Jan

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Re: Impossible to compile kvm-88 on Redhat 5.4

[Jan Kiszka]

Arnaud Maillet wrote:
> In RH 5.4 it's a 2.6.18 !

Hmm, and that's outside the support range of kvm-kmod today. I had a
look at the conflicts: there are more than I can fix with reasonable
effort ATM.

So I'm afraid - unless someone steps up and provides the required
patches - support for such old kernels will no longer be available.

Jan

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Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux

Re: Impossible to compile kvm-88 on Redhat 5.4

[Avi Kivity]

On 10/30/2009 11:22 AM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Arnaud Maillet wrote:
>    
>> In RH 5.4 it's a 2.6.18 !
>>      
> Hmm, and that's outside the support range of kvm-kmod today. I had a
> look at the conflicts: there are more than I can fix with reasonable
> effort ATM.
>    

It's 2.6.18 plus wild backports from all over the place.

If you're on Red Hat 5.4 you might as well use the prebuilt kvm modules 
provided by Red Hat; why are you building kvm-88?

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