upgrade to kernel 2.6.16.1 : "make bzImage" print "parse error"

math_physics · 06-25-2007, 09:23 PM

I tried to upgrade from 2.4.20 to 2.6.16.1 .

The problem is :

when I run "make bzImage", it prints the following error message:

ld:arch/linux/kernel/vmlinux.lds:xxxx: parse error

I open this file, and find the line xxxx. It is:

OUTPUT_ARCH(1)

I comment this line, then "make bzImage" is Ok.

Why? What is this line for?

Lenard · 06-28-2007, 04:49 AM

One does not use 'make bzImage' with a 2.6 kernel in the Red hat family. Upgrading from the 2.4 kernel series to the 2.6 kernel family takes a bit more then building/installing a 2.6 kernel also.

I suggest that you learn how to build a 2.6 kernel for the Red Hat family, the basic steps are:

make mrproper
make menuconfig
make
make modules_install
make install

Please review: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kern...kn_pdf.tar.bz2

As a suggestion: http://www.centos.org/

math_physics · 06-29-2007, 11:04 PM

Lenard: Thank you for you help

I tried to modify "OUTPUT_ARCH(1)" to "OUTPUT_ARCH(i386)", then run "make bzImage". It passed without error.