Can\'t compile own kernel on RH 7.0

[irger fh-rosenheim de]

Hi,

i try to compile the 2.2.17 kernel from ftp.kernel.org
and got always the the error.
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cc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-fr
ame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -D__SMP__ -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -m486 -mal
ign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686   -c -o extable.o exta
ble.c
rm -f mm.o
ld -m elf_i386  -r -o mm.o  init.o fault.o ioremap.o extable.o
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/arch/i386/mm\'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/arch/i386/mm\'
make -C  arch/i386/lib
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/arch/i386/lib\'
make all_targets
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/arch/i386/lib\'
cc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -D__ASSEMBLY__ -D__SMP__ -traditional -
c checksum.S -o checksum.o
checksum.S:231: badly punctuated parameter list in #define
checksum.S:237: badly punctuated parameter list in #define
make[2]: *** [checksum.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/arch/i386/lib\'
make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/arch/i386/lib\'
make: *** [_dir_arch/i386/lib] Error 2
bash-2.04# 
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I tried it on different machines with different settings. The only kernel i can
compile is the one which ist include in RH 7.0

Why ?