Re: Error: kernelrelease not valid - run 'make prepare' to update it

Randy Dunlap
2021-08-11T03:19:35Z

On 8/10/21 8:16 PM, kernel test robot wrote:
> tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
> head: 9e723c5380c6e14fb91a8b6950563d040674afdb
> commit: ba64beb17493a4bfec563100c86a462a15926f24 kbuild: check the minimum assembler version in Kconfig
> date: 4 months ago
> config: riscv-randconfig-r025-20210810 (attached as .config)
> compiler: clang version 14.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project d39ebdae674c8efc84ebe8dc32716ec353220530)
> reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
> wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
> chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
> # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ba64beb17493a4bfec563100c86a462a15926f24
> git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
> git fetch --no-tags linus master
> git checkout ba64beb17493a4bfec563100c86a462a15926f24
> # save the attached .config to linux build tree
> mkdir build_dir
> COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross O=build_dir ARCH=riscv prepare
>
> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
>
> All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
>
>>> Error: kernelrelease not valid - run 'make prepare' to update it
> --
> clang --target=riscv64-linux-gnu -no-integrated-as --prefix=riscv64-linux-gnu- -Werror=unknown-warning-option: unknown assembler invoked
> scripts/Kconfig.include:50: Sorry, this assembler is not supported.
> make[3]: *** [scripts/kconfig/Makefile:63: syncconfig] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [Makefile:617: syncconfig] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [Makefile:726: include/config/auto.conf.cmd] Error 2
> make[1]: Failed to remake makefile 'include/config/auto.conf.cmd'.
> make[1]: Failed to remake makefile 'include/config/auto.conf'.
>>> Error: kernelrelease not valid - run 'make prepare' to update it
> make[1]: Target 'prepare' not remade because of errors.
> make: *** [Makefile:215: __sub-make] Error 2
> make: Target 'prepare' not remade because of errors.

Yes, I have noticed this one and a few other ('static') make targets that
should not need a .config file. I have a note to myself to ask about these,
so thanks for bringing it up.

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~Randy