Stefan Bellon wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I've tried compiling a 2.2.x kernel, but without success.
>
> I'm currently running ARM Linux on my SA-RiscPC (and on my
> ARM710-RiscPC) with the 2.0.36 kernel and gcc 2.7.2.2.
>
> Now I've downloaded the kernel sources linux-2.2.0.tar.gz (or similar
> from the main linux ftp site) as well as some patches (patch-2.2.1.gz,
> patch-2.2.2.gz and patch-2.2.3.gz from the ftp.arm.linux.org.uk site).
>
> Then I've copied the gzip files into /usr/src and done as in the
> documentation explained:
>
> cd /usr/src
> gzip -cd linux-2.2.0.tar.gz | tar xfv -
>
> This worked witout problems, but then the problems started. The
> /linux/scripts/patch-kernel reported some errors (see below), so I
> tried to patch by hand.
>
> It worked only with patch-2.2.1.gz. All the others gave
>
> patch: **** misordered hunks! output would be garbled
>
> I'm not too sure about how to apply the patches at all. Do I have to
> apply the patches step by step 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2 and then finally
> 2.2.3 or may I patch the main kernel sources directly with the 2.2.3
> patch?
cd to your "/usr/src directory"
do "tar xvfz linux-2.2.0.tar.gz"
then "patch -p0 < patch-2.2.1.gz"
then "patch -p0 < patch-2.2.2.gz"
then "patch -p0 < patch-2.2.3.gz"
then "patch -p0 < patch-2.2.3-rmk5.gz"
>
>
> Well, as patching with 2.2.1 worked, I then tried to configure it. Hm,
> without success. I got the following:
>
> bash# make config
> rm -f include/asm-arm/arch include/asm-arm/proc
> (cd include/asm-arm; ln -sf arch- arch; ln -sf proc- proc)
> rm -f include/asm
> ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-arm asm)
> gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -o scripts/split-include
> scripts/split-include.c
> In file included from /usr/arm-unknown-linuxaout/include/sys/stat.h:5,
> from scripts/split-include.c:22:
> /usr/include/sys/types.h:4: linux/types.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from scripts/split-include.c:22:
> /usr/arm-unknown-linuxaout/include/sys/stat.h:8: linux/stat.h: No such
> file or directory
> In file included from scripts/split-include.c:26:
> /usr/include/errno.h:27: linux/errno.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from scripts/split-include.c:27:
> /usr/include/fcntl.h:29: linux/fcntl.h: No such file or directory
> make: *** [scripts/split-include] Error 1
>
> Can anybody explain to me what I'm doing wrong and/or give me a
> step-by-step instruction what I should do? Or is there such a
> step-by-step instruction already available somewhere?
>
In your /usr/include directory, do
ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/linux ./linux
ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/asm ./asm
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