errors building kernel 2.6.29-1 in slackware-current about not defined BITS_PER_LONG
 

Hi,
I'm using slackware-current. I follow change log at slackware-current and then update my system. In the last update I changed to the latest kernel (2.6.29-1) and works very well but when I tried to recompile came the problems:

https://gist.github.com/a7bf5fbe1d47eaf3198c

Before I was using kernel 2.6.27.7(compiled by me) because 2.6.28 didn't works with my sound card (but I could compile it too without problems).

I have installed all packages about kernel*.tgz

Any pointer to solve it?

Thanks

NOTE: I wrote a link because there're too much error lines

Have you changed anything in the sources, or are you just recompiling with a different CONFIG?

I compiled the 26.6.29.1 kernel w/o problems yesterday.

I tried to recompile with different CONFIG and with the original CONFIG.
I'm afraid that something in my include dir is wrong :-S

Surely a possibility. BITS_PER_LONG is set in the include files according to the architecture and HIGHMEM settings if I remember correctly.

I presume - as you compiled kernels before - that you followed the usual steps (there are several guides here on this forum).

Are you compiling from /usr/src/linux or any other path?

I'm compiling from /usr/src/linux.

I do:
- make menuconfig
- modify kernel options
- make and strange error

(the same steps that others times)

I'm dowloading the kernel from kernel.org, I'll tell you.
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I removed kernel headers and sources, I reinstalled it again.Now it's working ok!

Thanks for your time Niels

Did you do "make mrproper" or "make clean" before these three steps?
- "make clean" cleans most from previous compilations, but leaves the .config file
- "make mrproper" cleans some more, including the .config file (so save it before)

Not sure if this will solve it, but it might be worth a try.

First time I didn't a make clean because It was recently installed. Others I did make clean and make mrproper.

You don't worry about it, removing and reinstalling again kernel sources and headers solved the problem.

Thanks :-)