Hi,

I am running a redhat 8.0 (kernel 2.4.18-20) ..... i want to also install a 2.2.10 kernel on the same Linux for some research work on the older kernel.... i followed the steps in the "linux kernel how to" but was unable to get anything from the command "make bzImage" there were a lot of errors and deprecation issues ..... the gcc which i have is the one that came along with the Redhat 8.0 .... can someone help me out on the kernel installation .... any tips .... or particular steps to follow ...... thanx !

heres my tutorial
i think this tutorial is as basic as it gets....i made it very very basic actually with an explanation of every command, and since people posted with comments and suggestions there is a couple other things added throughout the thread....i can't think of a way to make this any easier for you, so enjoy and good luck !

HI Drozz,

Thx for ur quick reply ! .... i really appeciate ur tutorial on kernel compilation .... but my problem is still around ! ..... the "make bzImage" doesnt yield anything on my Redhat linux 8.0. my gcc version is 3.2 ... could it be because of the gcc version ...if so .... can u suggest a gcc version which might work in compiling the 2.2.10 kernel .... thx a ton !

Sumit

could you by chance tell what kinda error your getting, and are you sure your not missing a step before getting to the point of make bzImage.

=======installation messages start ==============

[root@sumitcir linux]# make bzImage
dnsdomainname: Unknown host
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -D__SMP__ -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686 -DUTS_MACHINE='"i386"' -c -o init/version.o init/version.c
`-m486' is deprecated. Use `-march=i486' or `-mcpu=i486' instead.
cc1: warning: -malign-loops is obsolete, use -falign-loops
cc1: warning: -malign-jumps is obsolete, use -falign-jumps
cc1: warning: -malign-functions is obsolete, use -falign-functions
make -C kernel
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.10/kernel'
make all_targets
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.10/kernel'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -D__SMP__ -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -c -o sched.o sched.c
`-m486' is deprecated. Use `-march=i486' or `-mcpu=i486' instead.
cc1: warning: -malign-loops is obsolete, use -falign-loops
cc1: warning: -malign-jumps is obsolete, use -falign-jumps
cc1: warning: -malign-functions is obsolete, use -falign-functions
In file included from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/string.h:40,
from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/signal.h:64,
from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/sched.h:23,
from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/mm.h:4,
from sched.c:27:
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/string.h:476:17: warning: multi-line string literals
are deprecated
In file included from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/sched.h:23,
from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/mm.h:4,
from sched.c:27:
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/signal.h: In function `siginitset':
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/signal.h:193: warning: deprecated use of label at end of compound statement
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/signal.h: In function `siginitsetinv':
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/signal.h:205: warning: deprecated use of label at end of compound statement
sched.c: At top level:
sched.c:52: conflicting types for `xtime'
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/sched.h:458: previous declaration of `xtime'
sched.c: In function `schedule':
sched.c:731: warning: deprecated use of label at end of compound statement
make[2]: *** [sched.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.10/kernel'
make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.10/kernel'
make: *** [_dir_kernel] Error 2

==========installation messages stop ==========

this is the problem i m facing ......

if you are using bk, maybe not all files were checked out? Try


bk -r get


and if the error still does not go away,


make mrproper


and then


make {,x,menu}config


make dep does nothing in 2.5 and make bzImage is standard target, so you
can abbreviate you command line to


make && make modules && sudo make modules_install