Hi Daniel
Sounds somewhat odd, but I've had problems trying to build 2.6.20 on it
too. Haven't really investigated it yet though.
Has anyone got kernel RPM's with the linux vserver patches installed
(vanilla or otherwise) that are build for CentOS4.4? I know Daniel has
the fedora kernels, and I've been scouring his rpm repository to find
the centos ones with no luck (plenty of util-vserver rpms, but no
kernels). I had the thought that the vserver stuff might already be in
the kernel (long shot i know, but anythings possible) so I downloaded
the util-vserver rpms and tried them, to no avail of course :)
The problem with the CentOS kernel is that it's really old and it would
require major surgery in order to get any sort of recent Linux-VServer
version on there. I've been playing with the idea of providing more
recent, vanilla kernel RPMs too, but nothing has come out of that yet,
mostly because the userspace matches the old kernel. So in order to get a
recent kernel working nicely, you'd probably need to update at least udev
and mkinitrd.
That would explain a lot. :) Thanx for the tips
I would love to be able to compile a kernel and package it as an RPM,
however at the moment my efforts are not being rewarded with anything
remotely usable. If someone could help me with compiling the kernel that
would be appreciated (I have the logs showing what errors I'm getting).
Posting the errors is always a good idea...
Thought it was bit off topic - but here I go....
I'm compiling under root on a VMWare machine. Its a basic CentOS4.4
system, straight from the DVD, with 'yum groupinstall 'Development
Tools' installed. I downloaded the kernel src rpm from
mirror.centos.org, and am simply trying to recompile the kernel that
come with the distro (no packages have been updated - its all straight
from the dvd). Having said that I do have the VMWare Tools installed -
but as far as I'm aware they are drivers for the VMWare machine. If you
are unaware on whats going on i think the next stage might be to go find
a real machine to the build on. But any hints would be great :)
-------console--------------8<------------------------------
[EMAIL PROTECTED] rpmbuild]# rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.9-42.EL.src.rpm
(lots of "buildsvn" group and user no existing, using root)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] rpmbuild]# cd kernel/SPEC/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] SPEC]# rpmbuild -ba --target i686 kernel-2.6.spec \
> build.log 2> build-err.log
---------------------------------->8------------------------
-----build.log--------------8<------------------------------
Building target platforms: i686
Building for target i686
Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /root/rpmbuild/kernel/TMP/rpm-tmp.61696
Patch #3 (patch-2.6.9-ac11.bz2):
Patch #4 (linux-2.6.9-selected-ac-bits.patch):
................................
Patch #10002 (linux-2.6.9-slab-update.patch):
Patch #10003 (linux-2.6.9-pci-ids.patch):
`/root/rpmbuild/kernel/SOURCE/kernel-2.6.9-i586-smp.config' ->
`./kernel-2.6.9-i586-smp.config'
`/root/rpmbuild/kernel/SOURCE/kernel-2.6.9-i586.config' ->
`./kernel-2.6.9-i586.config'
`/root/rpmbuild/kernel/SOURCE/kernel-2.6.9-i686-hugemem.config' ->
`./kernel-2.6.9-i686-hugemem.config'
`/root/rpmbuild/kernel/SOURCE/kernel-2.6.9-i686-smp.config' ->
`./kernel-2.6.9-i686-smp.config'
`/root/rpmbuild/kernel/SOURCE/kernel-2.6.9-i686.config' ->
`./kernel-2.6.9-i686.config'
removed `./drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c.orig'
removed `./drivers/isdn/capi/capidrv.c.orig'
................................
removed `./sound/pci/intel8x0.c.orig'
removed `./sound/oss/msnd.c.orig'
Executing(%build): /bin/sh -e /root/rpmbuild/kernel/TMP/rpm-tmp.3088
cc linux-2.6.9/scripts/bin2c.c -o linux-2.6.9/scripts/bin2c
BUILDING A KERNEL FOR i686...
CHK include/linux/version.h
UPD include/linux/version.h
CHK include/linux/version.h
SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-i386
SPLIT include/linux/autoconf.h -> include/config/*
CHK include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h
UPD include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h
CHK include/linux/compile.h
UPD include/linux/compile.h
RPM build errors:
---------------------------------->8------------------------
---------build-err.log------------8<------------------------
+ umask 022
+ cd /root/rpmbuild/kernel/BUILD
+ LANG=C
+ export LANG
+ unset DISPLAY
+ cd /root/rpmbuild/kernel/BUILD
+ rm -rf kernel-2.6.9
+ /bin/mkdir -p kernel-2.6.9
+ cd kernel-2.6.9
+ tar -xf -
+ STATUS=0
+ '[' 0 -ne 0 ']'
++ /usr/bin/id -u
+ '[' 0 = 0 ']'
+ /bin/chown -Rhf root .
++ /usr/bin/id -u
+ '[' 0 = 0 ']'
+ /bin/chgrp -Rhf root .
+ /bin/chmod -Rf a+rX,u+w,g-w,o-w .
+ cd linux-2.6.9
+ echo 'Patch #3 (patch-2.6.9-ac11.bz2):'
+ /usr/bin/bzip2 -d
+ patch -p1 -s
+ STATUS=0
+ '[' 0 -ne 0 ']'
+ echo 'Patch #4 (linux-2.6.9-selected-ac-bits.patch):'
+ patch -p1 -s
+ echo 'Patch #10 (linux-2.6.9-ac-backouts.patch):'
+ patch -p1 -R -s
........................................
+ Config=kernel-2.6.9-i686.config
+ DevelDir=/usr/src/kernels/2.6.9-42.EL-i686
+ KernelVer=2.6.9-42.EL
+ echo BUILDING A KERNEL FOR i686...
+ perl -p -i -e 's/^EXTRAVERSION.*/EXTRAVERSION = -42.EL/' Makefile
+ make -s mrproper
+ cp configs/kernel-2.6.9-i686.config .config
+ make -s nonint_oldconfig
+ make -s include/linux/version.h
+ make -s bzImage
arch/i386/kernel/signal.c: In function `setup_sigcontext':
arch/i386/kernel/signal.c:275: warning: unused variable `eflags'
arch/i386/kernel/setup.c: In function `setup_arch':
arch/i386/kernel/setup.c:1449: warning: implicit declaration of function
`noht_init'
arch/i386/kernel/setup.c:1484: warning: implicit declaration of function
`check_ioapic'
arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c: In function `disable_pci_mmconf_seg':
arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c:260: warning: control reaches end of
non-void function
arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c: In function `disable_ioapic_on_up':
arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c:270: warning: control reaches end of
non-void function
arch/i386/kernel/cpu/intel.c:83: warning: 'num_cpu_cores' defined but
not used
ld: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.o: invalid string offset 23771 >= 958
for section `.strtab'
ld: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.o: invalid string offset 23820 >= 958
for section `.strtab'
ld: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.o: invalid string offset 23843 >= 958
for section `.strtab'
ld: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.o: invalid string offset 23871 >= 958
for section `.strtab'
ld: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.o: invalid string offset 23901 >= 958
for section `.strtab'
.....(add nausium - many of these errors with different string offsets)
.....(possibly hundreds)
ld: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.o: invalid string offset 24234 >= 958
for section `.strtab'
ld: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.o: invalid string offset 24234 >= 958
for section `.strtab'
ld: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.o: invalid string offset 24234 >= 958
for section `.strtab'
ld: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.o: invalid string offset 24234 >= 958
for section `.strtab'
ld: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.o: invalid string offset 2049 >= 419 for
section `.strtab'
ld: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.o: invalid string offset 2049 >= 419 for
section `.strtab'
ld: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.o: invalid string offset 2049 >= 419 for
section `.strtab'
ld: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.o: invalid string offset 7681 >= 419 for
section `.strtab'
.....(add nausium - many of these errors with mainly the 2049
.....string offset)(possibly hundreds)
ld: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.o: invalid string offset 2049 >= 419 for
section `.strtab'
ld: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.o: invalid string offset 2049 >= 419 for
section `.strtab'
ld: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.o: invalid string offset 2049 >= 419 for
section `.strtab'
ld: final link failed: Bad value
make[2]: *** [arch/i386/kernel/cpu/built-in.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [arch/i386/kernel/cpu] Error 2
make: *** [arch/i386/kernel] Error 2
error: Bad exit status from /root/rpmbuild/kernel/TMP/rpm-tmp.3088 (%build)
Bad exit status from /root/rpmbuild/kernel/TMP/rpm-tmp.3088 (%build)
----------------------------------->8-----------------------
I can attach the log files if you really need it, and if you require any
other information please let me know
Any help or direction would be appreciated.
Thankyou!
Matt.
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