[SOLVED] Compilation error with 5.2.14

Arden97 · 09-12-2019, 05:52 AM

Good day!

Recently, I got an interest in the Linux kernel, so I took the latest stable version (5.2.14) from kernel.org and tried to compile it with the default configuration. After running

Code:

make mrproper && make defconfig && make

i get an error:

Code:

/bin/sh: kernels/linux-5.2.14: No such file or directory
make: *** [Makefile:1726: tools/objtool] Error 127

I use Arch Linux and I have all the necessary tools described on archwiki installed.
Can someone help me? What am i doing wrong?

business_kid · 09-13-2019, 08:04 AM

It looks like you haven't started in a full linux kernel install. Here's what the top source directory should look like

Code:

bash-5.0$ ls /usr/src/linux-4.19.59
COPYING        Kbuild	 MAINTAINERS  arch   config-4.19.59  firmware  init    lib  samples   sound  virt
CREDITS        Kconfig	 Makefile     block  crypto	     fs        ipc     mm   scripts   tools
Documentation  LICENSES  README       certs  drivers	     include   kernel  net  security  usr
bash-5.0$ du -sh
916M	.

There's been a kernel made in that, so it's bigger than usual. But it's a several hundred megs, and they never get smaller. cd to /usr/src/linuv-5.2.14, and try there.

Arden97 · 09-14-2019, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by business_kid

It looks like you haven't started in a full linux kernel install. Here's what the top source directory should look like

Code:

bash-5.0$ ls /usr/src/linux-4.19.59
COPYING        Kbuild	 MAINTAINERS  arch   config-4.19.59  firmware  init    lib  samples   sound  virt
CREDITS        Kconfig	 Makefile     block  crypto	     fs        ipc     mm   scripts   tools
Documentation  LICENSES  README       certs  drivers	     include   kernel  net  security  usr
bash-5.0$ du -sh
916M	.

There's been a kernel made in that, so it's bigger than usual. But it's a several hundred megs, and they never get smaller. cd to /usr/src/linuv-5.2.14, and try there.

That helped. I wonder, why than the majority of tutorials on the Internet describe the kernel compilation in the home directory?