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Hi,

I am trying to recompile kernel 2.4.4 on my RH 7.3 machine. The kernel
source is from www.kernel.org, not from the original distribution.

Everything seems fine but the modules installation. When I do make modules,
there is a lot of "nothing is done" message on the console and obviously not
all the module files are being copied to the /lib/modules directory.

I got the same message on a RH 9 machine as well. Is there anything I am
missing or I have to use the original kernel source (part of the
distribution) to do the recompilation(if this is the case, then I would be
unable to upgrade my kernel then)?

Thanks

Keith

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Keith Ng <ngkeith@triumf.ca> wrote:
> Hi,

> I am trying to recompile kernel 2.4.4 on my RH 7.3 machine. The kernel
> source is from www.kernel.org, not from the original distribution.

Is there a special reason for downgrading? The latest kernel
update RH issued for 7.3 is 2.4.20-?.

> Everything seems fine but the modules installation. When I do make modules,
> there is a lot of "nothing is done" message on the console and obviously not
> all the module files are being copied to the /lib/modules directory.

You did 'make modules_install'?

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Hi Michael.

Actually, the version that I downloaded is higher than the one in RH 7.3
(don't recall the exact no.)

Yes, I did do make modules_install.

My impression is that I probably have to modify the config file if the
kernel that I am going to compile is not from the original distribution, am
I right?

Thanks

Keith
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Keith Ng <ngkeith@triumf.ca> wrote:
> Hi Michael.

> Actually, the version that I downloaded is higher than the one in RH 7.3
> (don't recall the exact no.)

Curious, you wrote 2.4.4.

> Yes, I did do make modules_install.

If there are any error messages, post them, using cut&paste.

> My impression is that I probably have to modify the config file if the
> kernel that I am going to compile is not from the original distribution, am
> I right?

One does usually edit "EXTRAVERSION=" to keep different compiles
of the same kernel/modules.

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Michael

These are the message I was getting when doing make modules.

make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/drivers/hotplug'
make -C ide modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/drivers/ide'
make -C arm modules
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/drivers/ide/arm'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `modules'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/drivers/ide/arm'
make -C legacy modules
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/drivers/ide/legacy'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `modules'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/drivers/ide/legacy'
make -C pci modules
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/drivers/ide/pci'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `modules'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/drivers/ide/pci'
make -C ppc modules

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Keith Ng <ngkeith@triumf.ca> wrote:
> Michael

> These are the message I was getting when doing make modules.

> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/drivers/hotplug'
> make -C ide modules
> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/drivers/ide'
> make -C arm modules
> make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/drivers/ide/arm'
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `modules'.

Those are not error messages, everything is fine "Nothing to be
done for ..." just means that 'make modules' was already run. If
you want to start from scratch, use 'make mrproper', copy .config
to a safe place before, if you want to reuse it.

Guess you want to check the kernel HOWTO (www.tldp.org) for
further details.

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But when I bootup the system with the newly compiled kernel, it complianed
that modules can not be loaded on the console.

It seems that I am missing something. This happened to me on both RH 7.3, 9
and Fedora core 1.

Keith
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Keith Ng <ngkeith@triumf.ca> wrote:
> But when I bootup the system with the newly compiled kernel, it complianed
> that modules can not be loaded on the console.

Again, please post exact and complete error messages.

> It seems that I am missing something. This happened to me on both RH 7.3, 9
> and Fedora core 1.

You didn't accidentally compiled things you have still an alias in
/etc/modules.conf, directly in the kernel?

What is the real problem beside the few warnings/errors messages
while booting?

BTW
You perhaps need to work on your quoting still, after you solved
the problem with your kernel.

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Thanks Michael

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