Hi,

First time building a Linux kernel so following instructions v closely and having probs when I get to make modules:

[root@Legolas linux-2.4]# make modules
make -r -f tmp_include_depends all
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8'
make[1]: Circular /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/asm/smplock.h <- /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/linux/interrupt.h dependency dropped.
make[1]: Circular /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_conntrack.h <- /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_conntrack_helper.h dependency dropped.
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8'
make -C kernel CFLAGS="-D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -falign-functions=4 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/linux/modversions.h" MAKING_MODULES=1 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/kernel'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `modules'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/kernel'
make -C drivers CFLAGS="-D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -falign-functions=4 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/linux/modversions.h" MAKING_MODULES=1 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/drivers'
make -C acpi modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/drivers/acpi'
make -C ospm modules
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/drivers/acpi/ospm'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `modules'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/drivers/acpi/ospm'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/drivers/acpi'
make -C addon modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/drivers/addon'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `modules'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/drivers/addon'
make -C atm modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/drivers/atm'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -falign-functions=4 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/linux/modversions.h -g -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=eni -c -o eni.o eni.c
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/linux/prefetch.h:13,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/linux/list.h:6,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/linux/module.h:12,
from eni.c:6:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/asm/processor.h:60: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/asm/processor.h:60: field `loops_per_jiffy_R_ver_str' declared as a function
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/asm/processor.h:82: invalid suffix on integer constant
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/asm/processor.h:82: parse error before numeric constant
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/asm/processor.h:82: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/asm/processor.h:265: invalid suffix on integer constant
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/asm/processor.h:265: parse error before numeric constant
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/asm/processor.h:265: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/asm/processor.h:269: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration
In file included from eni.c:6:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/linux/module.h:183: invalid suffix on integer constant
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/linux/module.h:183: parse error before numeric constant
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/linux/module.h:183: `inter_module_register_R_ver_str' declared as function returning a function
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/



Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

THanks

DOM

From my experience, the stock RedHat Kernels are heavily patched and I have never gotten one to compile cleanly after adding some other patch. You may want to try using a Vanilla kernel form kernle.org and then patching it with whatever functionality you need which it may lack and using your old config file to reduce the number of options needing configuration.

And while you are at it, you might want to use a more recent kernel version if there is no specific need for the 2.4.20-8 kernel.