On Thursday 23 August 2001 11:00 pm, Tim Wunder wrote:
> Previously, Net Llama wrote:
> > --- Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > More info and a possible solution:
> > >
> > > Here's the error output from the make bzImage:
> > > pdc202xx.c: In function `config_chipset_for_dma':
> > > pdc202xx.c:528: warning: `drive_pci' might be used uninitialized in
> > > this
> > > function
> > > make[4]: Circular passthrough.h <- hwaccess.h dependency dropped.
> > > sb_card.c:512: warning: `id_table' defined but not used
> > > dpcm.c: In function `dpcm_transport':
> > > dpcm.c:46: warning: unused variable `ret'
> > > namei.c: In function `msdos_lookup':
> > > namei.c:237: warning: implicit declaration of function `fat_brelse'
> > > namei.c: In function `msdos_add_entry':
> > > namei.c:266: warning: implicit declaration of function
> > > `fat_mark_buffer_dirty'
> > > dmi_scan.c:181: warning: `disable_ide_dma' defined but not used
> > > Root device is (3, 66)
> > > Boot sector 512 bytes.
> > > Setup is 4529 bytes.
> > > System is 1153 kB
> >
> > Holy crap! 1.15MB?? What did you compile into that kernel? The
> > largest kernel that i ever built was 685K, and it had the SCSI support
> > built in.
>
> Well, I don't really know. Ignorance is bliss, you know. I DID determine
> that I had smp enabled. Probly because I didn't read all the entries when I
> went thru that section of make xconfig. I guess that coulda added some size
> to the kernel. I also compiled in my sound card drivers, SCSI stuff, USB
> stuff.
>
> Between your recommendation of compiling in AIC7xxx support and Bruce
> Marshals recommendation of compiling everything as modules. I'm at a loss
> on what to do.
Re-read what I wrote.... I specifically mentioned compiling *into* the
kernel those things which are immediately necessary at boot time. SCSI
support would be one of those if you have SCSI drives.
>
> I re-ran make xconfig. Left as much out as I could and compiled my sound
> card as a module and the SCSI card I compiled into the kernel. I removed
> the USB stuff. The goal being to compile a kernel that works first, and
> then re-compile and add stuff in later, if I need it.
A Good Plan (tm)
>Problem is, I'm now
> getting more errors during 'make bzImage'.
>
> After 'make dep', I get a message that .../include/linux/modversions.h was
> not updated. When I do 'make bzImage', I get a slew of errors all relating
> to modversions.h. I ran 'make clean' before and after 'make dep', and I get
> the same errors. Fairly frustrating, I must say. It's been a while since I
> felt this dim.
>
Where did you get this kernel source?? Sounds like it is incomplete.
> I just deleted the entire linux-2.4.9 driectory tree and I'm gonna start
> from scratch from the tarball. But not tonight.
>
Another Good Plan. (tm)
> Thanks for your help, though. Someday this thick head of mine will get
> it...
>
> Regards,
> Tim
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