[Linux-ia64] error during kernel compile

[Linux-ia64] error during kernel compile

[shiva shankar chetan]

Hi,

I have been trying to compile the kernel but then it throws out the
below error. I am compiling kernel 2.4.17 and have gcc 2.96. I am
doing a
make mrproper
make menuconfig
make dep
make

Please let me know whats going wrong.

bash-2.05$ make
scripts/split-include include/linux/autoconf.h include/config
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
-fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe  -ffixed-r13
-mfixed-rangeñ0-f15,f32-f127 -falign-functions2 -mconstant-gp  -c -o
init/main.o init/main.c
In file included from
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/pagemap.h:16,
                 from
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/locks.h:8,
                 from
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h:6,
                 from init/main.c:16:
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/highmem.h: In
function `clear_user_highpage':
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/highmem.h:49: too
few arguments to function `clear_user_page'
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/highmem.h: In
function `copy_user_highpage':
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/highmem.h:91: too
few arguments to function `copy_user_page'
In file included from
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/irq.h:69,
                 from
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/asm/hardirq.h:12,
                 from
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/interrupt.h:45,
                 from
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/asm/smplock.h:6,
                 from
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/smp_lock.h:16,
                 from init/main.c:24:
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/asm/hw_irq.h: In
function `__ia64_irq_desc':
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/asm/hw_irq.h:94:
arithmetic on pointer to an incomplete type
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/asm/hw_irq.h: At top
level:
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/asm/hw_irq.h:122:
`irq_desc' redeclared as different kind of symbol
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/irq.h:67: previous
declaration of `irq_desc'
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/asm/hw_irq.h:122:
warning: `irq_desc' was declared `extern' and later `static'
make: *** [init/main.o] Error 1

Thanks
Chetan

Re: [Linux-ia64] error during kernel compile

[Bjorn Helgaas]

> I have been trying to compile the kernel but then it throws out the
> below error. I am compiling kernel 2.4.17 and have gcc 2.96.

Is there a reason you can't use the latest kernel (2.4.19)?

Bjorn

Re: [Linux-ia64] error during kernel compile

[shiva shankar chetan]

I was trying to compile 2.4.19 without applying the patch. Now it compiles
fine.

Thanks
Chetan

On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:

> > I have been trying to compile the kernel but then it throws out the
> > below error. I am compiling kernel 2.4.17 and have gcc 2.96.
>
> Is there a reason you can't use the latest kernel (2.4.19)?
>
> Bjorn
>
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