Re: kernel compile problems under rh-7.2

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Gerd Schering wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wanted to compile a custom kernel, but it fails.
> For testing I used the configs/kernel-2.4.9-i386.config file as .config, but 
> it fails again:
> [...]
> {standard input}: Assembler messages:
> {standard input}: 207: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
> [...]
> apic.:1108: `nmi_watchdog' undeclared (first use in this function)
> [...]
> make[1]: *** [apic.o] Error 1
> ......
>
> I tried the same on two other machines but the compile failed too.
> I use gcc-2.96-98.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

Gee, the apic code is failing?  Is this a uni- or multi-processor
build?  Are you using RedHat's source RPM?  And which version of "as"
are you running?
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