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Cannot compile 2.6.30 in -current, error in firmware/Makefile

I tried compiling kernel 2.6.30 for -current but it always exits with this error:

Code:

/usr/src/test/linux-2.6.30/firmware/Makefile:163: *** multiple target patterns. Stop.

My steps for building the kernel were

Code:

zcat /proc/config.gz > ~/kernel/2.6.30-a/.config

make O=/home/user/kernel/2.6.30-a/ oldconfig (accepted defaults for everything)

make O=/home/user/kernel/2.6.30-a/ menuconfig

make O=/home/user/kernel/2.6.30-a/

The same error occurs when I do 'make O=/home/user/kernel/2.6.30-a mrproper'

I have tried redownloading the source code, running 'make mrproper' on the source code directory, but I've gotten nothing. I'm running a pretty clean version of slackware -current.

And if anyone is wondering, the error is coming from these lines:

Code:

# Workaround for make < 3.81, where .SECONDEXPANSION doesn't work.

# It'll end up depending on these targets, so make them a PHONY rule which

# depends on _all_ the directories in $(firmware-dirs), and it'll work out OK.

PHONY += $(objtree)/$$(%) $(objtree)/$(obj)/$$(%)

$(objtree)/$$(%) $(objtree)/$(obj)/$$(%): $(firmware-dirs)

        @true

I've tried uncommenting it, but it doesn't work.

I searched for the error in Google and found this:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docvie...id=swg21119863

Quote:

GNU make does not handle the spaces in the directory names given in the
generated makefiles. Gnumake instead reads a directory as two (or more
depending one the amount of spaces) targets separated by spaces.

So it may be some sort of syntax problem. Just today I compiled 2.6.30 on slackware64-current, all went fine.

that fix is for windows operating systems, I might try compiling on another linux system and seeing what happens with that.

Well yes that's why I only quoted the explanation. Your problem could be something else but my guess is that Make is misunderstanding something due to syntax error.

Your steps for building are not quite kosher. Additionally, you don't run "mrproper" on new source code; there will be no .o files in it.

This very simple kernel rebuild guide worked perfectly on Slackware for x86_64 with 2.6.30 for me.

Code:

mingdao@jeremiah:~/kernel$ uname -a

Linux jeremiah 2.6.30-bh #4 SMP Wed Jun 17 15:30:16 CST 2009 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU    T8300  @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux