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

[Phil Schaffner]

On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 18:46 +0200, Andy Rabagliati wrote:
> 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 ?

Kernel build works for me on Athlon system (actually VMware virtual
machine) with the following procedure/script.  Do have zlib-devel
installed, apparently as a result of install-time (presumably kernel
development) choices - did not explicitly install it.

#!/bin/bash
# /root/bin/make_linux
#
# Kernel build steps:
#   1. Install the sources
#   2. cd <install directory> (e.g. /usr/src/linux-2.4
#   3. make mrproper (or make distclean)
#   3a.optional - copy .config file from configs directory or
#       old kernel, then "make oldconfig" (some say twice)
#   4. make xconfig (gconfig for 2.6 or menuconfig if not in X)
#   5. make dep (not required for 2.6 kernels)
#   6. make
#   7. make bzImage
#   8. make modules
#   9. make modules_install
#  10. make install
#  11. if required, configure bootloader. ("make install" will do
#       this for you)
# This script implements steps 6-10
# Note: adjust "-j n" for performance on compilation
# runs parallel jobs
# -j 4 is a good starting place for single processor

(make -j 6 && make -j 6 bzImage && make -j 6 modules && \
make modules_install && make install) >& /tmp/MakeKernel.log

# check log file for errors when done, repeat as required, or reboot
# to test

Phil