hi
my system is instlled with Ubuntu 7.10 \n \l
i have downloaded the kernel 2.6.23 for kernel.org
i am able to configure it by running
# make ARCH=um defconfig

failed while building
chakri@chakri-laptop:~/chakri/my-first-kernel/linux-2.6.23.14$ make ARCH=um linux
SYMLINK arch/um/include/kern_constants.h
make[1]: `arch/um/sys-i386/user-offsets.s' is up to date.
CHK arch/um/include/user_constants.h
CHK include/linux/version.h
CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
CC arch/um/kernel/asm-offsets.s
In file included from include/linux/sched.h:54,
from arch/um/include/sysdep/kernel-offsets.h:2,
from arch/um/kernel/asm-offsets.c:1:
include/linux/jiffies.h:18:5: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:20:7: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:22:7: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:24:7: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:26:7: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:28:7: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:30:7: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:33:3: error: #error You lose.
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: error: division by zero in #if
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: error: division by zero in #if
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: error: division by zero in #if
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: error: division by zero in #if
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: error: division by zero in #if
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: error: division by zero in #if
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: error: division by zero in #if
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: error: division by zero in #if
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: error: division by zero in #if
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: error: division by zero in #if
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: error: division by zero in #if
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: error: division by zero in #if
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: error: division by zero in #if
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: error: division by zero in #if
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: error: division by zero in #if
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:31: error: division by zero in #if
include/linux/jiffies.h:225:46: warning: "SHIFT_HZ" is not defined
In file included from arch/um/include/sysdep/kernel-offsets.h:2,
from arch/um/kernel/asm-offsets.c:1:
include/linux/sched.h: In function ‘dequeue_signal_lock’:
include/linux/sched.h:1509: error: implicit declaration of function ‘local_irq_save’
include/linux/sched.h:1511: error: implicit declaration of function ‘local_irq_restore’
In file included from arch/um/kernel/asm-offsets.c:1:
arch/um/include/sysdep/kernel-offsets.h: In function ‘foo’:
arch/um/include/sysdep/kernel-offsets.h:20: error: ‘struct thread_struct’ has no member named ‘arch’
In file included from arch/um/include/sysdep/kernel-offsets.h:21,
from arch/um/kernel/asm-offsets.c:1:
arch/um/include/common-offsets.h:8: error: ‘struct thread_struct’ has no member named ‘regs’
make[1]: *** [arch/um/kernel/asm-offsets.s] Error 1
make: *** [prepare0] Error 2
chakri@chakri-laptop:~/chakri/my-first-kernel/linux-2.6.23.14$




please help to resolve this issue

since no one has replied I will start the ball rolling'

I do not have your hardware...but you do realise you have non-standard hardware?

here is a guide mainly for x86 hardware
http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/K...ild-HOWTO.html

Before reading your thread, I didn't even know User Mode Linux existed. So obviously I'm not an expert.

But a quick Google search found:
http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/source.html

Your post and subject don't mention "User Mode Linux", so I have to wonder whether that is even what you're trying to make. Maybe you just put "ARCH=um" in without knowing what it means.

I don't know what is causing the error you're getting. I'm writing this post to suggest that you're more likely to get meaningful help from someone who has built User Mode Linux and you're more likely to get their attention if you put "User Mode Linux" in the subject of the thread.

Unless, of course, you didn't want UML. In that case, don't put "ARCH=UM" in the command.

Why not using make menuconfig or make xconfig to set the right arch for you, and then use kpkg to roll-up a nice .deb kernel package ?