Re: [linuxiran] Kernel Modules Compilation

[Ali Bahar]

'RedHat' is irrelevant. Only your gcc version is relevant. A kernel
compilation will not use any system header files or libraries.

As, IIRC, Aryan mentioned, your particular gcc version may be
buggy/incompatible. But, before so judging, I'd need to see the
compiler output. The requisite investigative steps would start with:

  1. what is the compiler output? This ought always be in your first post;
  2. have you successfully built a vanilla kernel with this kernel-gcc
  combination? Ie without any of your own options;
  3. does a vanilla build always choke in the same place?
  4. does a static vanilla build (ie without any modules) succeed?

Better yet, use the recommended gcc version to build this. 

Either way, I'd recommend against posting a gcc bug. In my limited
experience, the potential for a false 'bug' report is far higher than
this being a genuine, un-anticipated, bug -- especially so in major
version transitions, like 2.x to 3.x!

regards,
ali
PS my latest build is 2.4.20 with 2.95.4. Custom.

On Sun, May 25, 2003 at 06:22:41AM -0700, Amin Abbaspour wrote:

> I was looking for any one who has compiled the hole kernel( itself,
> and modules > 2.4.18-3) with RedHat Linux. I tried both gcc 2.96 and
> 3.2 on 2.4.18-14, 2.4.19, 2.4.20, 2.5.69 but in all cases making
> modules fail to finish. Linux kernels in RedHat has been built with
> gcc 3.2 (dmsg | head).  
> This seems to be a serious problem but I searched the hole web and
> didn't find even a line of tip about it. 
> Any idea?

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