Can't get the kernel to compile.

[billsargent]

I've been trying to get the kernel to compile from the GPL bundle. Its looking for headers that I can physically see but make doesn't. This s what I get.

CHROOT-/readynas/rnr4/linux-2.6.17.14: BUILD=sparc-linux make make: Circular arch/padre/kernel/asm-offsets.s <- prepare dependency dropped. HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:130, from /usr/include/limits.h:144, from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-linux/3.3.5/include/limits.h:122, from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-linux/3.3.5/include/syslimits.h:7, from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-linux/3.3.5/include/limits.h:11, from scripts/basic/fixdep.c:113: /usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36:26: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/include/sys/socket.h:35, from /usr/include/netinet/in.h:24, from /usr/include/arpa/inet.h:23, from scripts/basic/fixdep.c:115: /usr/include/bits/socket.h:305:24: asm/socket.h: No such file or directory scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function use_config':
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:204: error: PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function) scripts/basic/fixdep.c:204: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once scripts/basic/fixdep.c:204: error: for each function it appears in.) scripts/basic/fixdep.c:204: warning: unused variable s'
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function parse_dep_file': scripts/basic/fixdep.c:300: error: PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:300: warning: unused variable s' make[2]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1 make[1]: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2 make: *** [include/linux/autoconf.h] Error 2

I decided to pull this off the shelf and try to work on it again. I kept bricking the damn thing so I moved everything into a chroot copy of the rootfs and mounts the proc and dev for it. I also copied the liibc-dev into / so they're end up in /usr/incldue

I also have another question.... if there is no block device for nand, how do we even upgrade the kernel if we cand access it? Through tech support mode?

I drag this stupid nas out of the closet every so often because I hate that its capable of functioning but we can't get much of anythin new on it. I had to modify firefox to even connect to it because of the SSL version. So upgrading some of those things would be nice. But I want a good working compiler and the ability to compile modules from the original source tree and possible recompile the whole kernel with a lot more options enabled as modules.

[billsargent]

wow that formatting looked awful.

[billsargent]

I knew if I wrote you, I would figure it out... sort of.

I went through the docs for this ancient kernel and created the linux-headers and copied them to /usr/local/include and it worked..... well so far. Its compiling. -- I hate this old kernel stuff.

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Please keep us up to date @billsargent