"missing kernel .config file" error while compiling linux source code for android
 

I am compiling linux source code for android emulator. I did all the prerequisites. I extracted the .config file from the android emulator(1.5) with following commands

$adb pull /proc/config.gz . # get compressed .config file from the emulator.

$gunzip config.gz # uncompress it.
$cp config .config # rename it into .config


And now the config file is in my /android-sdk-linux_x86/tools directory. I have modified it according to my needs. Now when i try to make(for building and cross-compiling the linux source) i get the following error.


root@ubuntu:~# cd common
root@ubuntu:~/common# ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/home/preetam/mydroid/prebuilt/linux-x86/toolchain/arm-eabi-4.4.0/bin/arm-eabi- make
HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘traps’:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:377: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:379: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
HOSTCC scripts/basic/docproc
HOSTCC scripts/basic/hash
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o
scripts/kconfig/conf.c: In function ‘conf_askvalue’:
scripts/kconfig/conf.c:105: warning: ignoring return value of ‘fgets’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
scripts/kconfig/conf.c: In function ‘conf_choice’:
scripts/kconfig/conf.c:307: warning: ignoring return value of ‘fgets’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.o
SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c
SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/lex.zconf.c
SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.hash.c
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o
HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf
scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/arm/Kconfig
***
*** You have not yet configured your kernel!
*** (missing kernel .config file)
***
*** Please run some configurator (e.g. "make oldconfig" or
*** "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig").
***
make[2]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 1
make[1]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 2
CHK include/linux/version.h
UPD include/linux/version.h
Generating include/asm-arm/mach-types.h
make: *** No rule to make target `include/config/auto.conf', needed by `include/config/kernel.release'. Stop.
root@ubuntu:~/common#

i am following instructions from http://linuxclues.blogspot.com/2010/...l-android.html

Here "common" directory is where my android kernel source resides. The error is regarding the .config file. where should i place the .config file? or how to solve this problem?



please help. thank you!

The .config should be in the top-level directory.

Which, in this case, would be ~/common.

i did it sometime ago. thankyou very much.

You're welcome.

Glad to be of help.