Re: ubuntu boot problem after compiling new kernel

[Amirali Shambayati]

Thanks Matt,

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile  worked for me :)

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 2:30 AM, Matt <jackdachef@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>Thanks Chris and Anca,
>
>>I tried to compile latest kernel(2.6.37). but I receive an assembly
>>error: /include/trace/events/kmem.h:45: undefined reference to
>>'.L1747'. I didn't have any error at linux-2.6.18.1 compilation. I
>>read somewhere that kernel should be compiled by gcc-3.4 .  Thus I
>>used gcc-3.4 to compile. Do you think it's a compiler issue? Should I
>>use another gcc version?
>>Sorry for asking stupid questions from you experts. I'm a newbie at
>>working with kernel.
>
>>Thanks in advance
>
> Hi Amirali,
>
> perhaps for 2.6.18* gcc-3.4* is used
>
> but with 2.6.37 you could use the included gcc-4.4.3 (in Ubuntu 10.04)
> and gcc-4.4.4
> (according to http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ubuntu)
>
> that worked fine for me in the past.
>
> I don't know if you have full access to it but:
>
> help.ubuntu.com - which is a sort of wiki for Ubuntu can be very
> helpful in those things :)
>
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile
>
> might help
>
>
> If a pre-built vanilla-kernel is alright for you, you can also use the
> ones provided by Ubuntu:
>
> http://lwn.net/Articles/321473/
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds?action=show&redirect=KernelMainlineBuilds
>
>
> I hope that's what you're looking for
>
>
> Regards
>
> Matt
>



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Amirali Shambayati
Bachelor Student
Computer Engineering Department
Sharif University of Technology
Tehran, Iran
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