hey need help
can't compile with new kernel 2.6-30
give me :
root@kad:/home/kad/Desktop# cd microdia
root@kad:/home/kad/Desktop/microdia# make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.30/build SUBDIRS=/home/kad/Desktop/microdia modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.30'
CC [M] /home/kad/Desktop/microdia/microdia-usb.o
In file included from include/linux/gfp.h:4,
from include/linux/kmod.h:22,
from include/linux/module.h:13,
from /home/kad/Desktop/microdia/microdia-usb.c:28:
include/linux/mmzone.h:18:26: error: linux/bounds.h: No such file or directory
include/linux/mmzone.h:256:5: warning: "MAX_NR_ZONES" is not defined
In file included from include/linux/gfp.h:4,
from include/linux/kmod.h:22,
from include/linux/module.h:13,
from /home/kad/Desktop/microdia/microdia-usb.c:28:
include/linux/mmzone.h:290: error: ‘MAX_NR_ZONES’ undeclared here (not in a function)
make[2]: *** [/home/kad/Desktop/microdia/microdia-usb.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/kad/Desktop/microdia] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.30'
make: *** [driver] Error 2

how i can fix this issue!
many sources the same error
i install ctags and libv4l libv4l-dev libv4l-0 the same error
is 2.6-30 not good kernel ?
i decompress my kernel at : /usr/src
i'm using ubuntu
when i compile it i copy the default ubuntu and copy config to new kernel and i use make menuconfig and load alternative configuration then i save and i do make modules then make modules_install then make bzImage and after that make clean then i copy arch/x86/bzImage to /boot and config grub and initrd , finally i reboot.
after that can't compile any source

Thanks for your help

When you decompressed the new kernel in /usr/src, did you remove the old /usr/src/linux symlink, and add a new symlink? otherwise this symlink will point to the old kernel. When using the new, it will look for sources as /usr/src/linux

Try removing the old symlink

Then create a new symlink to the new kernel

hey thx
i did make oldconfig && make prepare
and it work but i need help when i do update, i receive update from old kernel how i can enforce synaptic to update to my new kernel?
what steps should i do ?
Thanks again =)

AFAIK synaptic will get updates for precompiled kernels for your OS and not a custom built one (but then, I may be wrong).

What updates are you referring too? kernel patches, or software packages?

Software Packages

No update required then. They aren't tied to versions of the kernel, at least nowhere near that specifically. If you were compiling 2.2 or 2.8, you might have a problem, but I'm honestly not sure which of those is less likely.

If you used synaptic to install the kernel and it's headers you shouldn't need to change the links to /usr/src/linux it should all be done automatically. I've never had to change that unless I built a kernel myself in Debian, and anymore they have the most updated kernels in the repo (if you use kernel-archive.buildserver.net) and all should be well. If your having problems building the program try switching to the 2.6.26 kernel, a lot of things were changed after that kernel.

Ok with software packages through synaptic, they will be compiled for the kernels that they release, this won't be a problem, it just means they won't be optimized for you custom built kernel.

I think the problem might be caused by running 'make clean' at the end of you kernel build. You should never run this command when building kernels, this command does more than remove modified files during the build process. And in the future when you go back and have to compile a new program, or have to build a new module for new hardware, it needs to look for modified kernel header files, which now don't exist since you ran 'make clean'.

The steps I have always used for build a kernel is

Then copied the kernel over manually to /boot then adjusted my boot manager to suit.