Kernel Compilation failure

[Kostas Sfakiotakis]

Greetings Jeff ,

Jeff Mutonho wrote:


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> I googled and found the suggestion that I should backup my .config file 
> , run 'make mrproper'

That is supposed to run in the top level directory of the kernel sources .

restore the .config file , run

  'make xconfig'  ,

make xconfig if you are running it under X Windows , i would
prefer though


make menuconfig  , it's the same thing but under console


and



> enabled the usb ipwireless driver as a module , save the .config file , 

> run 'make clean' 


make clean will revert things to the status they were before you made the
changes .

In fact what this paper is describing is how to build the kernel from 
source .
I don't understand why do you have to do a make clean  . And
i don't see a

make dep

step since you are running a 2.4.* kernel ( the 2.6 kernels have a 
slightly different
procedure )


and finally run ' make bzImage'.

Yes this is the step where the kernel get's rebuilded according to 
whatever make
menuconfig instructed .


But I'm still getting  the same error message.


I suspect that instead of

make clean

You should give a

make dep .


> I can paste the contents of my .config file , if it may help solve this 
> problem.
> 
> 


Btw if you don't mind what is the kernel version you are trying to make ?


Kind Regards,
   Kostas