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October 15, 2008 - 1:07pm
Submitted by aashwanth on October 15, 2008 - 1:07pm.
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when i try to compile the kernel linux 2.4.19 in my fedora core 6 os this is the error i get on typing make bzImage. how to rectify it?
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -DKBUILD_BASENAME=main -c -o init/main.o init/main.c
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/prefetch.h:13,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/list.h:6,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/wait.h:14,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/fs.h:12,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/capability.h:17,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/binfmts.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/sched.h:9,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/mm.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/slab.h:14,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/proc_fs.h:5,
from init/main.c:15:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/asm/processor.h:74: error: array type has incomplete element type
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/fs.h:201,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/capability.h:17,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/binfmts.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/sched.h:9,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/mm.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/slab.h:14,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/proc_fs.h:5,
from init/main.c:15:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/asm/byteorder.h:14: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/asm/byteorder.h:28: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:11,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/asm/byteorder.h:45,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/fs.h:201,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/capability.h:17,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/binfmts.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/sched.h:9,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/mm.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/slab.h:14,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/proc_fs.h:5,
from init/main.c:15:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h:132: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h:145: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h:159: warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/fs.h:317,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/capability.h:17,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/binfmts.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/sched.h:9,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/mm.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/slab.h:14,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/proc_fs.h:5,
from init/main.c:15:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp_fs_i.h:26: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘__u8’
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp_fs_i.h:27: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘__u8[6]’
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp_mount.h:12,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp_fs_sb.h:12,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/fs.h:701,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/capability.h:17,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/binfmts.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/sched.h:9,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/mm.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/slab.h:14,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/proc_fs.h:5,
from init/main.c:15:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp.h:24: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘__u8’
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp.h:25: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘__u8’
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp.h:26: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘__u8’
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp.h:27: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘__u8’
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp.h:28: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘__u8’
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp.h:29: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘__u8[]’
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp.h:37: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘__u8’
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp.h:38: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘__u8’
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp.h:39: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘__u8’
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp.h:40: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘__u8’
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp.h:41: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘__u8’
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp.h:42: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘__u8’
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp.h:43: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘__u8[]’
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp.h:137: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘__u8’
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp.h:138: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘__u8[256]’
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/ncp.h:174: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘__u8’
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/asm/smp.h:17,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/smp.h:14,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/sched.h:23,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/mm.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/slab.h:14,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/proc_fs.h:5,
from init/main.c:15:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/asm/mpspec.h:86: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘unsigned char[6]’
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/sched.h:23,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/mm.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/slab.h:14,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/proc_fs.h:5,
from init/main.c:15:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/smp.h:29: error: conflicting types for ‘smp_send_reschedule’
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/asm/smp.h:65: error: previous declaration of ‘smp_send_reschedule’ was here
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/linux/unistd.h:9,
from init/main.c:17:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include/asm/unistd.h:365: warning: conflicting types for built-in function ‘_exit’
make: *** [init/main.o] Error 1

gcc version

October 15, 2008 - 1:53pm

your gcc is too new. gcc-2.95.4 or .3 is best for 2.4 kernels. the 2.4 source does not support being compiled by newer gcc, though there are patches somewhere for gcc-3.x support. your binutils may be too new, too. you are not the first one with that problem, search the archives for solutions (best: before posting).

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