Error when attempting to compile kernel

SMurf7 · 04-04-2005, 07:08 PM

Hello,

It's been a while since I tried compiling the kernel (The last time was under Woody, last year) and now that I'd installed Sarge I thought I'd have a go again. Unfortunately it didn't go so well this time...

Code:

mm/mm.o(.text+0x6ae6): In function `do_mremap':
: undefined reference to `unlikely'
make[1]: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.16'
make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2

Not sure what the problem is. I've checked the headers included in mm.c and unlikely is there (in complier.h). I also know this worked under Woody, which suggests something has changed. Installing gcc-2.95 got rid of some earlier parse errors, do I need anything else?

Moloko · 04-04-2005, 07:45 PM

Could be a package you don't have. You definitely need these and their dependencies: tk8.3 debhelper, modutils, kernel-package, libc6-dev, libncurses5-dev, libqt3-mt-dev (last one if using xconfig)

And I suppose you need the module-init-tools and the kernel-kbuild-x.xx.xx and kernel-headers.

The dev's I have (and I only compile kernels):
autotools-dev
dpkg-dev
libaudio-dev
libc6-dev
libexpat1-dev
libfontconfig1-dev
libfreetype6-dev
libice-dev
libjpeg62-dev
liblcms1-dev
libmng-dev
libncurses5-dev
libpng12-dev
libqt3-mt-dev
libsm-dev
libstdc++5-3.3-dev
libx11-dev
libxcursor-dev
libxext-dev
libxft-dev
libxi-dev
libxmu-dev
libxrandr-dev
libxrender-dev
libxt-dev
libxv-dev
render-dev
x-dev
xlibmesa-gl-dev
xlibmesa-glu-dev
xlibs-static-dev
zlib1g-dev

Hope this helps.

SMurf7 · 04-05-2005, 04:32 PM

Well after a bit of crying into my tea I decided to add:-

Code:

#include <linux/compiler.h>

to the top of mremap.c in the mm folder and it suddenly compiled correctly. Maybe having to override GCC to 2.95 meant that some preprocessor expansion wasn't being done or something?

Moloko · 04-05-2005, 05:31 PM

I didn't notice you mentioned an earlier version of gcc, but I also have no idea what the differences are with gcc-3.3. At least it works now