RE: RedHat Linux 5.9 & Kernel 2.2.6/Kernel 2.2.7

Erik Espinoza (espinoza@thecity.sfsu.edu)
Fri, 30 Apr 1999 07:18:55 -0700


I downloaded the entire kernel tree from ftp.tux.org. I did NOT download
the patch.

At 10:41 AM 4/30/99 +0100, you wrote:
>How did you get kernel-2.2.7?
>Have you patched to 2.2.6 then to 2.2.7?
>I'm afraid 2.2.5-ac6 cannot be patched with official patches.
>
>André Malafaya Baptista
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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Erik Espinoza [mailto:espinoza@thecity.sfsu.edu]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 7:16 PM
>> To: linux-admin@vger.rutgers.edu; linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
>> Subject: RedHat Linux 5.9 & Kernel 2.2.6/Kernel 2.2.7
>>
>>
>> I am using RedHat Linux 5.9, I was able to compile kernel
>> 2.2.5-ac6 without
>> any modifications. When I tried compiling kernel 2.2.7 I got
>> this error:
>>
>> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.2.7/include -Wall
>> -Wstrict-prototypes
>> -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -m486
>> -malign-loops=2
>> -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686 -c -o iovec.o iovec.c
>> iovec.c: In function `memcpy_toiovec':
>> iovec.c:92: `err' undeclared (first use in this function)
>> iovec.c:92: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
>> iovec.c:92: for each function it appears in.)
>> iovec.c:76: warning: unused variable `evr'
>> iovec.c:95: warning: control reaches end of non-void function
>> make[3]: *** [iovec.o] Error 1
>> make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.7/net/core'
>> make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.7/net/core'
>> make[1]: *** [_subdir_core] Error 2
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.7/net'
>> make: *** [_dir_net] Error 2
>>
>> I got the exact same error when I was compiling kernel 2.2.6,
>> yet I'm still
>> using hte same .config. Anyone have any ideas?
>>
>> Erik Espinoza
>>
>>
>> ============================================================
>>
>>
>> -- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or looks
>> -- unusual then possibly you have very old versions)
>> Linux ftp.bearnet.org 2.2.5-ac6 #1 Thu Apr 8 13:04:44 PDT
>> 1999 i686 unknown
>> Kernel modules 2.1.121
>> Gnu C egcs-2.91.66
>> Binutils 2.9.1.0.22
>> Linux C Library 2.1.1
>> Dynamic linker ldd (GNU libc) 2.1.1
>> Procps 1.2.10
>> Mount 2.9
>> Net-tools (1999-01-01)
>> Kbd [option...]
>> Sh-utils 1.16
>> Modules Loaded appletalk 3c59x
>>
>>
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