[WBEL-users] Re: Can't compile kernel linux-2.4.21-15.0.3.EL drivers? (Alan Sparks)

[Andy Rabagliati]

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004, Jake Grimmett wrote:

> 
> make clean && make mrproper 
> make xconfig
> (and load configs/kernel-2.4.21-athlon-smp.config)
> make -j2 dep && make -j2 bzImage
> 
> ....
> Huge amount sniped here - hopefully I've enough left to help ??
> 
> ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.3.EL/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds
> (********SNIP********) /i386/lib/lib.a --end-group -o .tmp_vmlinux1
> fs/fs.o(.text+0x43c51): In function `zisofs_readpage':
> : undefined reference to `zlib_inflateInit_'
> (********SNIP********  -many similar lines)
> make[1]: *** [kallsyms] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.3.EL'

Do you have zlib-devel installed ?

Cheers,    Andy!