Hi there

I am recompiling my kernel since the one I have installed came with my distro (Red Hat 8.0) and it has a lot of options and modules I don't need.
So I ran make menuconfig, configured my kernel, saved it no problems, ran make dep, make clean, make bzImage (image was too big with zImage) and everything went without a hitch. The image file is there in directory /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/ . Then I proceeded to run make modules, when I got the following errors (I ommitted a lot of it, since it was pretty long):

make -r -f tmp_include_depends all
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0'
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function
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/linux/module.h:184: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/linux/module.h:185: `inter_module_get_R_ver_str' declared as function returning a function
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/linux/module.h:185: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/linux/module.h:186: `inter_module_get_request_R_ver_str' declared as function returning a function
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/linux/module.h:186: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/linux/module.h:187: invalid suffix on integer constant
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/linux/module.h:187: parse error before numeric constant
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/linux/module.h:187: `inter_module_put_R_ver_str' declared as function returning a function
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/linux/module.h:187: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/linux/module.h:196: `try_inc_mod_count_R_ver_str' declared as function returning a function
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/linux/module.h:196: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/linux/highmem.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/linux/pagemap.h:16,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/linux/locks.h:8,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/linux/blk.h:5,
from loop.c:71:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/asm/pgalloc.h: In function `get_pgd_fast':
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/asm/pgalloc.h:78: `boot_cpu_data_R0657d037' undeclared (first use in this function)
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/asm/pgalloc.h:78: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/asm/pgalloc.h:78: for each function it appears in.)
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/asm/pgalloc.h: In function `free_pgd_fast':
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/asm/pgalloc.h:89: `boot_cpu_data_R0657d037' undeclared (first use in this function)
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/asm/pgalloc.h: In function `pte_alloc_one_fast':
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/asm/pgalloc.h:127: `boot_cpu_data_R0657d037' undeclared (first use in this function)
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/asm/pgalloc.h: In function `pte_free_fast':
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/asm/pgalloc.h:137: `boot_cpu_data_R0657d037' undeclared (first use in this function)
In file included from loop.c:79:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/linux/suspend.h:58:1: warning: "software_suspend" redefined
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/linux/modversions.h:264,
from <command line>:1:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/include/linux/modules/suspend.ver:4:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
loop.c: In function `loop_change_fd':
loop.c:720: warning: implicit declaration of function `kernel_thread_R7e9ebb05'
loop.c:761: warning: label `out_put_all' defined but not used
make[2]: *** [loop.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/drivers/block'
make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_block] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-17.8.0/drivers'
make: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2


So make modules_install naturally wouldn't run.

Any help would be extremely appreciated.

Fritex

There are probably dependency problems with your modules. When building the kernel, it can usually pick up dependency problems but with modules it can't.

Go back to the make xconfig and load the old .config file, when you do the make xconfig or whatever. Take things out carefully. Look at where the problems were - block devices. Make sure you don't touch anything there for the time being.

I have a bit of a problem now, though

I ran make menuconfig more than once, and I let it save to the default file. I guess because I did it more than once the .config.old file got overwritten, and .config and .config.old are both the same now... I am out of luck there, still can't make modules..

Then don't make any modules.

The dependency tree for the kernel should resolve any problems. Make sure that you check everything you need. Of course pay particular attention to block devices because that's where you had problems before.

Looking at those error messages, there are problems with you kernel headers. Reinstall the kernel headers before proceeding.

ok, I'll give it a try, see what happens


thanks

fritex