From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764357AbXJZRcU (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:32:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754368AbXJZRcB (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:32:01 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:40601 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753500AbXJZRcA (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:32:00 -0400 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Markus Elfring Subject: Check handling of kernel build output directory Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:31:38 +0200 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p508c6db3.dip.t-dialin.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070801) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, Two ways are mentioned in the Makefile for the Linux kernel 2.6.31.1 to specify output diretories. The description of the environment variable "KBUILD_OUTPUT" is missing from the file "README". I am trying to generate all executable files for the current stable kernel release on my openSUSE 10.3 system. Sonne:/usr/src/linux # make mrproper Sonne:/usr/src/linux # cp -p /boot/config-2.6.23.1-0-adjusted .config [reactivate backup copy] Sonne:/usr/src/linux # export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/usr/src/obj/linux/2.6.23.1/x86_64/adjusted Sonne:/usr/src/linux # make silentoldconfig HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep HOSTCC scripts/basic/docproc GEN /usr/src/obj/linux/2.6.23.1/x86_64/adjusted/Makefile HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.o SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/lex.zconf.c SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.hash.c HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/x86_64/Kconfig *** *** You have not yet configured your kernel! *** (missing kernel .config file) *** *** Please run some configurator (e.g. "make oldconfig" or *** "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig"). *** make[2]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 1 make[1]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 2 make: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 2 Another try: Sonne:/usr/src/linux # make oldconfig [...] # # configuration written to .config # Sonne:/usr/src/linux # date && echo XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX && make -j4 && echo YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY && make -j4 modules_install install && echo ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ && date Fri Oct 26 18:38:18 CEST 2007 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX GEN /usr/src/obj/linux/2.6.23.1/x86_64/adjusted/Makefile scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/x86_64/Kconfig GEN /usr/src/obj/linux/2.6.23.1/x86_64/adjusted/Makefile CHK include/linux/version.h UPD include/linux/version.h CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h UPD include/linux/utsrelease.h SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-x86_64 Using /usr/src/linux-2.6.23.1 as source for kernel /usr/src/linux-2.6.23.1 is not clean, please run 'make mrproper' in the '/usr/src/linux-2.6.23.1' directory. make[1]: *** [prepare3] Error 1 make: *** [_all] Error 2 make: INTERNAL: Exiting with 5 jobserver tokens available; should be 4! Does this error message correspond to the open issue that was described in the bug report "make randomly fails with interrupted system call on slower filesystems with parallel builds"? http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?14853 When this happens, there is always one more token available than I've specified by the parameter "-j". If I ommit it, I get the following result. Sonne:/usr/src/linux # date && echo XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX && make && echo YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY && make modules_install install && echo ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ && date Fri Oct 26 19:17:18 CEST 2007 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Using /usr/src/linux-2.6.23.1 as source for kernel /usr/src/linux-2.6.23.1 is not clean, please run 'make mrproper' in the '/usr/src/linux-2.6.23.1' directory. make[1]: *** [prepare3] Error 1 make: *** [_all] Error 2 The option to build into a specific output diretory is unusable on my system so far. Would you like to share any ideas to resolve this unpleasant situation? Regards, Markus