I'm getting a bit tired and worn.
The need is to co-compile a kernel for Win4Lin (2.0) and a Tekram
DC-315/u SCSI card to run a (Panasonic) burner. All from the lovely
markets which I understand run every Sunday except Christmas/ New
Year.
System was built as a "workstation" from the RH 7.0 disk(s) (from
Allambie Comp.) Previous try as "custom" created too many headaches.
Also, previous re-compile of RH6.0 to the same SCSI hardware (on
another machine - in use to send this) was so easy I expected the
same.
In general I had to RPM the kernel source (2.2.16-22) from the CD.
Did so, but then considered this original issue is reputed to be
insecure if not actually buggy, so downloaded the "fix" (2.2.17-14)
from Red Hat. Installed the Win4Lin and Tekram patches and tried to
compile. Encountered the problem compiling checksum.h (IIRC) so
investigated and determined to need to bend the Makefile to specify
kgcc under all circumstances.
This gave me a kernel which would compile, but won't boot. In fact,
it gets as far as "Now loading the kernel" and does a cold reset. As
I figure it, this has nothing to do with the CPU type (dropped back
all the way to i386), map file or modules (which I have not made yet).
Decided on another tack - Assemble the raw 2.2.16-22 kernel and
*then* add Win4Lin and the DC-315/U. In this case, I get undeclared
somethings in "kstat_irqs" function in kernel_stat.h
NOW,
I have just noted searching on that latter include file name, a
reference to glibc. The Win4Lin notes direct me to the need to update
glibc before trying to install it in RH 7.0, and I have duly
downloaded not the mentioned version glibc 2.1.94 which no longer
exists, but 2.2.12 which replaces it on the mirror.
As I understand it, glibc 2.1.94 is so far functional on the system
and the 2.2.17-14 kernel at least compiled successfully.
Before I RPM the upgrades and try yet again on this last tack,
perhaps someone might be able to explain any obvious clues here. What
is necessary, what is safe, what have I omitted (granted that I made
some other minor/ obvious patches here and there in the process, which
I can't quite recall now)?
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Cheers,
Paul B.
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