I've recently learned and tried to recompile my kernel to make my system suit me better, but all has not gone well. I'm running RedHat8.0 using kernel version 2.4.18-18.8.0 I can configure it and make dependencies, but when it come to 'make bzImage' or trying to 'make modules' or 'make modules_install', I get the following (same things of each of the three commands):

gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -02 -fomit-frame-pointer -o scripts/split-include
scripts/split-include.c
In file included from /usr/include/errno.h:36,
from scripts/split-include.c:26:
/usr/include/bits/errno.h:25:26: linux/errno.h: No such file or directoty
make: *** [scripts/split-include] Error1

I've found the same problem when trying to recompile my 2.4.14 kernel. Has anyone seen this before on know how to fix it so I can finally make an image and make my modules?

presumably you have not linked the kernel headers to your include path. /usr/include/linux should be a symlink to /usr/src/linux/include/linux

http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/lin...07.3/0587.html

to sum that up, there *should*not*be* a link for the kernel headers anymore...or so says Linus.


if you are using RedHat's kernel source, I strongly suggest you go out and get fresh kernel source, uncompress it in your home directory and go from there...