Building 4.9 RT kernel help

Building 4.9 RT kernel help

[Vasiliy Gagin]

I was able to build plain kernel v4.9.
It builds v4.9-rt1 fine too, but fails when I try to install it.

console message is
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 4.9.0-rt1
/boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-rt1
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.9.0-rt1 (x86_64)

and there is following in make.log

KMS make.log for open-vm-tools-9.4.6 for kernel 4.9.0-rt1 (x86_64)
Mon Dec 26 14:09:03 EST 2016
/bin/sh: 1: test: -I./arch/x86/include: unexpected operator
Using standalone build system.
Makefile:167: Makefile.normal: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** No rule to make target 'Makefile.normal'.  Stop.
/bin/sh: 1: test: -I./arch/x86/include: unexpected operator
Using standalone build system.
Makefile:167: Makefile.normal: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** No rule to make target 'Makefile.normal'.  Stop.

I'm very new to the linux building process. Please Help

Re: Building 4.9 RT kernel help

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Mon, 26 Dec 2016 15:01:01 -0500, Vasiliy Gagin wrote:
>I was able to build plain kernel v4.9.
>It builds v4.9-rt1 fine too, but fails when I try to install it.
>
>console message is

Message of what?

Did you try to install packages, perhaps a linux package, before a
linux-header package was installed?

>run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 4.9.0-rt1
>/boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-rt1
>Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.9.0-rt1 (x86_64)
>
>and there is following in make.log
>
>KMS make.log for open-vm-tools-9.4.6 for kernel 4.9.0-rt1 (x86_64)
>Mon Dec 26 14:09:03 EST 2016
>/bin/sh: 1: test: -I./arch/x86/include: unexpected operator
>Using standalone build system.
>Makefile:167: Makefile.normal: No such file or directory
>make[3]: *** No rule to make target 'Makefile.normal'.  Stop.
>/bin/sh: 1: test: -I./arch/x86/include: unexpected operator
>Using standalone build system.
>Makefile:167: Makefile.normal: No such file or directory
>make[3]: *** No rule to make target 'Makefile.normal'.  Stop.
>
>I'm very new to the linux building process. Please Help

There seems to be a DKMS hook. DKMS fails to build kernel modules. The
kernel itself and all other modules might be installed, just some
custom modules perhaps failed to build.

I build 4.9-rt1 without issues and had also good luck with DKMS. It was
able to build vbox modules.

$ ls -hAl /lib/modules/4.9.0-rt1-1-rt-presonus/kernel/misc/ total 688K
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 582K Dec 24 08:14 vboxdrv.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  16K Dec 24 08:14 vboxnetadp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  41K Dec 24 08:14 vboxnetflt.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  39K Dec 24 08:14 vboxpci.ko

However, sometimes DKMS can't build those modules, but then the kernel
still could be used, just vbox doesn't work with this kernel.

In your case, KMS is something graphics related and you seemingly use
VMware.

Again, perhaps a linux-header package wasn't installed and after
installing the linux package DMKS was missing headers.

Regards,
Ralf

Re: Building 4.9 RT kernel help

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Mon, 2016-12-26 at 21:24 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Dec 2016 15:01:01 -0500, Vasiliy Gagin wrote:
> > I was able to build plain kernel v4.9.
> > It builds v4.9-rt1 fine too, but fails when I try to install it.
> > 
> > console message is
> 
> Message of what?
> 
> Did you try to install packages, perhaps a linux package, before a
> linux-header package was installed?
> 
> > run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 4.9.0-rt1
> > /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-rt1
> > Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.9.0-rt1 (x86_64)
> > 
> > and there is following in make.log
> > 
> > KMS make.log for open-vm-tools-9.4.6 for kernel 4.9.0-rt1 (x86_64)
> > Mon Dec 26 14:09:03 EST 2016
> > /bin/sh: 1: test: -I./arch/x86/include: unexpected operator
> > Using standalone build system.
> > Makefile:167: Makefile.normal: No such file or directory
> > make[3]: *** No rule to make target 'Makefile.normal'.  Stop.
> > /bin/sh: 1: test: -I./arch/x86/include: unexpected operator
> > Using standalone build system.
> > Makefile:167: Makefile.normal: No such file or directory
> > make[3]: *** No rule to make target 'Makefile.normal'.  Stop.
> > 
> > I'm very new to the linux building process. Please Help
> 
> There seems to be a DKMS hook. DKMS fails to build kernel modules. The
> kernel itself and all other modules might be installed, just some
> custom modules perhaps failed to build.
> 
> I build 4.9-rt1 without issues and had also good luck with DKMS. It was
> able to build vbox modules.
> 
> $ ls -hAl /lib/modules/4.9.0-rt1-1-rt-presonus/kernel/misc/ total 688K
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 582K Dec 24 08:14 vboxdrv.ko
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  16K Dec 24 08:14 vboxnetadp.ko
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  41K Dec 24 08:14 vboxnetflt.ko
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  39K Dec 24 08:14 vboxpci.ko
> 
> However, sometimes DKMS can't build those modules, but then the kernel
> still could be used, just vbox doesn't work with this kernel.
> 
> In your case, KMS is something graphics related and you seemingly use
> VMware.

Hahaha :D, pardon, "KMS" most likely is from "DKMS", just the "K" is
missing. But, the rest still might be correct. Did you try to boot the
kernel? I suspect it is installed, just running VMware might fail.
Assuming just a header package wasn't installed, simply reinstall the
kernel package, after the the headers are installed, or run DKMS
manually from command line.

> Again, perhaps a linux-header package wasn't installed and after
> installing the linux package DMKS was missing headers.
> 
> Regards,
> Ralf
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