Hi,
I am trying to upgrade my kernel from 2.2.20.
I have downloaded the latest stable kernel release i.e. 2.4.21. I
tried compiling it, but i got a few errors while 'make dep', I'm not
sure if this is an error or this is just the way it ends, and also
during 'make modules_install'. These are the erorrs(these are the last
parts of both the errors, I couldnt get the whole because of my
terminal) : -

make dep: -

make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/lib/zlib_deflate'
/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/scripts/mkdep -D__KERNEL__
-I/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
-Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -I
/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/lib/zlib_deflate -nostdinc -iwithprefix include
-- deflate.c deflate_syms.c deftree.c defutil.h > .depend
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/lib/zlib_deflate'
make -C zlib_inflate fastdep
make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/lib/zlib_inflate'
/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/scripts/mkdep -D__KERNEL__
-I/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
-Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -I
/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/lib/zlib_inflate -nostdinc -iwithprefix include
-- infblock.c infblock.h infcodes.c infcodes.h inffast.c inffast.h
inffixed.h inflate.c inflate_syms.c inftrees.c inftrees.h infutil.c
infutil.h > .depend
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/lib/zlib_inflate'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/lib'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/lib'
make -C arch/i386/kernel fastdep
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/arch/i386/kernel'
/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/scripts/mkdep -D__KERNEL__
-I/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
-Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686
-nostdinc -iwithprefix include -- acpitable.c acpitable.h apic.c apm.c
bluesmoke.c cpuid.c dmi_scan.c entry.S head.S i386_ksyms.c i387.c
i8259.c init_task.c io_apic.c ioport.c irq.c ldt.c mca.c microcode.c
mpparse.c msr.c mtrr.c nmi.c pci-dma.c pci-i386.c pci-i386.h pci-irq.c
pci-pc.c pci-visws.c process.c ptrace.c semaphore.c setup.c signal.c
smp.c smpboot.c sys_i386.c time.c trampoline.S traps.c visws_apic.c
vm86.c > .depend
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/arch/i386/kernel'
make -C arch/i386/mm fastdep
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/arch/i386/mm'
/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/scripts/mkdep -D__KERNEL__
-I/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
-Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686
-nostdinc -iwithprefix include -- extable.c fault.c init.c ioremap.c
pageattr.c > .depend
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/arch/i386/mm'
make -C arch/i386/lib fastdep
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/arch/i386/lib'
/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/scripts/mkdep -D__KERNEL__
-I/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
-Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686
-nostdinc -iwithprefix include -- checksum.S dec_and_lock.c delay.c
getuser.S iodebug.c memcpy.c mmx.c old-checksum.c strstr.c usercopy.c
> .depend
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/arch/i386/lib'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21'
make update-modverfile
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21'
/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/include/linux/modversions.h was not updated
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21'
scripts/mkdep -- `find /usr/src/linux-2.4.21/include/asm
/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/include/linux /usr/src/linux-2.4.21/include/scsi
/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/include/net
/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/include/math-emu \( -name SCCS -o -name .svn \)
-prune -o -follow -name \*.h ! -name modversions.h -print` > .hdepend
scripts/mkdep -- init/*.c > .depend

-----------------x--------------------x----------------------------

make modules_install : -

make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/net/core'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/net/core'
make -C ipv4 modules_install
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/net/ipv4'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/net/ipv4'
make -C netlink modules_install
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/net/netlink'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/net/netlink'
make -C sched modules_install
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/net/sched'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/net/sched'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/net'
make -C ipc modules_install
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/ipc'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/ipc'
make -C lib modules_install
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/lib'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/lib'
make -C arch/i386/kernel modules_install
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/arch/i386/kernel'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/arch/i386/kernel'
make -C arch/i386/mm modules_install
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/arch/i386/mm'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/arch/i386/mm'
make -C arch/i386/lib modules_install
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/arch/i386/lib'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/arch/i386/lib'
cd /lib/modules/2.4.21; \
mkdir -p pcmcia; \
find kernel -path '*/pcmcia/*' -name '*.o' | xargs -i -r ln -sf ../{}
pcmcia
if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map 2.4.21; fi

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Please tell me how to get rid of these errors. And I do the following
to compile the kernel...tell me if this right too: -
1) make clean
2) make mrproper
3) make xconfig
4) make dep
5) make bzImage
6) make modules
7) make modules_install
8) make install

I'm kinda new to compiling kernels...so I read a few online HOWTOs,
but none of these documents explain what to do if you get an error
during any of these steps, I guess the no. of errors possible are just
too many to be documented.
oh well, I hope I can eventually learn how to handle such errors.
-Sumedh Takbhate

Sumedh Takbhate wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to upgrade my kernel from 2.2.20.
> I have downloaded the latest stable kernel release i.e. 2.4.21. I

Stop there. If you're upgrading a 2.2.20 system to a 2.4-series kernel,
you're probably going to have to upgrade quite a few more things before
it will work. Take a look in the file "Changes" under the kernel source
"Documentation" directory for a list of them. Pay particular attention
to the required version numbers.

> tried compiling it, but i got a few errors while 'make dep', I'm not
> sure if this is an error or this is just the way it ends,

From the listing you provided, I saw nothing at all that indicated
any errors. Is there something you saw that made you think there
was an error in the compilation?

> Please tell me how to get rid of these errors. And I do the following
> to compile the kernel...tell me if this right too: -
> 1) make clean
> 2) make mrproper

This is a little redundant... "make mrproper" will do what "make clean"
does.

> 3) make xconfig
> 4) make dep
> 5) make bzImage
> 6) make modules
> 7) make modules_install
> 8) make install

I've never used "make install", so I am no expert on that, but the rest
certainly looks kosher.

> oh well, I hope I can eventually learn how to handle such errors.
> -Sumedh Takbhate

Forge ahead and welcome to the wonderful world of Linux!


--
Steve Martin, CPBE CBNT

Hey - I don't see any errors in the make's output.

to have a new kernel, you basically must:

# cd /usr/src/linux
# make clean
# make menuconfig
# make bzImage
# make modules
# make modules_install
# cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/mylinux

then edit lilo.conf and add:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
image=/boot/mylinux
label="mylinux"
read-only
root=/dev/hda1 (or where your root partition is)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

then say:

# lilo

Then just reboot with your new kernel.

If it doesn't boot, like Mr. Martin said in the previous post, maybe you
will have to upgrade gcc and maybe other libs as well.



Good luck!

Sumedh Takbhate wrote:

> I am trying to upgrade my kernel from 2.2.20.
> I have downloaded the latest stable kernel release i.e. 2.4.21. I

.... i saw nothing rwong with the output - i even CNP to nedit
and did a search of error and warning and only got YOUR references.
what leads you to believe there are errors?

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Hey guys,
Thank you very much for helping me out....it turns out to be that
there was no error.....I thought there would be, coz one time before
this I got a kernel panic while booting up with the new kernel image,
saying that
the kernel was too big. But then I went through the whole process
again, and rather than building everything into the kernel, I made
some of the things to be modules.....this also solved my sound config
problem .
Thanks again.
-Sumedh Takbhate.