Alan reported on the kernel list that the alpha scheduler upgrades had not
been included. -pre3 worked for 3 days for me (I have an IDE problem now
that may or may not be hardware).
On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Terry A. Bowling wrote:
>Sorry if this too off-topic, but I'm having trouble compiling a new
>kernel. I'm new to kernel compiles, so I thought I'd start big. Here's
>what I've got...
>
>Current system:
>Digital PWS600au (Miata /PC164-LX/EV56)
>RedHat 7.1 with 2.4.9-31 stock alpha-rawhide kernel
>
>I downloaded linux-2.4.18.tar.gz, patch-2.4.19-pre3.gz, and
>patch-2.4.19-pre3-ac6.gz
># tar -zxvf linux-2.4.18.tar.gz
># mv linux /usr/src/linux-2.4.18
># mv patch* /usr/src
># cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.18
># gzip -dc ../patch-2.4.19-pre3.gz | patch -p0
># gzip -dc ../patch-2.4.19-pre3-ac6.gz | patch -p0
># make mrproper
># make xconfig
># make dep
># make vmlinux (since this is non-intel, i should use boot or
>vmlinux here, right???)
>
>It crunches away for awhile, then stops with the below message and I
>don't know how to find out what the error really is.
>
>make CFLAGS="-D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.18/include -Wall
>-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
>-fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mno-fp-regs -ffixed-8
>-mcpu=ev56 -Wa,-mev6 " -C arch/alpha/kernel
>make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18/arch/alpha/kernel'
>gcc -D__ASSEMBLY__ -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.18/include -c -o
>entry.o entry.S
>gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.18/include -Wall
>-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
>-fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mno-fp-regs -ffixed-8 -mcpu=ev56
>-Wa,-mev6 -DKBUILD_BASENAME=traps -c -o traps.o traps.c
>gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.18/include -Wall
>-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
>-fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mno-fp-regs -ffixed-8 -mcpu=ev56
>-Wa,-mev6 -DKBUILD_BASENAME=process -c -o process.o process.c
>process.c: In function `cpu_idle':
>process.c:77: structure has no member named `nice'
>process.c:78: structure has no member named `counter'
>make[1]: *** [process.o] Error 1
>make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18/arch/alpha/kernel'
>make: *** [_dir_arch/alpha/kernel] Error 2
>
>Any assistance you can give is greatly appreciated.
>
>I've had no luck building the 2.4.18 source rpm from alpha-rawhide. I
>did an rpm -ba and it says "no spec file". rpm --recomplie crunches for
>a minute and then complains that the alpha architecture is not
>included. The latest redhat alpha binary I can find is what I'm
>currently using. I've also not found any good documentation that tells
>me how to build a kernel from rpm sources - I've checked man rpm,
>linuxdoc.org, linuxalpha.org, etc....
>
>Terry
>
>
>
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