Hi All,

I am trying to re-rebuild Kernel 2.4.18 with RedHat8.0. Here is what I did:

1. Intall kernel package from CD2.
2. cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.18
3. make dep
4. make clean
5. make bzImage

Then compile errors! I can not build the kernel without any customization!
Is any step I did wrong? Or do I need download patches?

Thanks in advance,

Please post the errors here.

Do note that the default configuration of the kernel sources from a RedHat distro is entirely different from the binary kernel that RedHat installs during installation.

Hi All,

here is the error logs when I tried to "build modules". Actually that was just after I finished "build bzImage":

gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/modversions.h -nostdinc -I /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=aic7770 -c -o aic7770.o aic7770.c
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/modversions.h -nostdinc -I /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=aic7xxx_pci -c -o aic7xxx_pci.o aic7xxx_pci.c
ld -m elf_i386 -r -o aic7xxx.o aic7xxx_osm.o aic7xxx_proc.o aic7770_osm.o aic7xxx_osm_pci.o aic7xxx_core.o aic7xxx_93cx6.o aic7770.o aic7xxx_pci.o
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/modversions.h -nostdinc -I /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=aic79xx_osm -c -o aic79xx_osm.o aic79xx_osm.c
aic79xx_osm.c:339:27: warning: multi-line string literals are deprecated
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/modversions.h -nostdinc -I /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=aic79xx_proc -c -o aic79xx_proc.o aic79xx_proc.c
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/modversions.h -nostdinc -I /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=aic79xx_osm_pci -c -o aic79xx_osm_pci.o aic79xx_osm_pci.c
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/modversions.h -nostdinc -I /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=aic79xx_core -c -o aic79xx_core.o aic79xx_core.c
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/sched.h:26,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/blkdev.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/blk.h:4,
from aic79xx_osm.h:46,
from aic79xx_core.c:46:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/signal.h:5:25: asm/siginfo.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/sched.h:26,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/blkdev.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/blk.h:4,
from aic79xx_osm.h:46,
from aic79xx_core.c:46:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/signal.h:14: parse error before "siginfo_t"
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/signal.h:14: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/blkdev.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/blk.h:4,
from aic79xx_osm.h:46,
from aic79xx_core.c:46:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/sched.h:665: parse error before "siginfo_t"
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/sched.h:665: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
make[3]: *** [aic79xx_core.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx'
make[2]: *** [_modsubdir_aic7xxx] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/drivers/scsi'
make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_scsi] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/drivers'
make: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2

Please follow the following coammands with out chaging ur source directory. i.e /user/src/linux-2.4.xx

make mrproper
make menuconfig or xconfig (used for customization of kernel)
make dep
make clean
make modules
make modules_install and at last
make install it will update ur grub.conf and copies initrd and vmlinuz to /boot directory.

Thanks,
/Ashish/Pathak.
/Pune/India.

Please check if you have Installed the Kernel source files and Libraries required ! If its a full install u dont have to bother ! Else please install or ensure you have the right kernel source files. Also u can download the lastest source files for gcc ....

regards

Avinash - from India too now in australia doing Ms Computer science - research !