I was doing all that you said here and without the typo for menuconfig that I put in...
I am running x86 and gcc 2.95.4 - I am suspecting the gcc may be an issue but maybe I should also pull down the kernel from another mirror in case my mirror is not good that I am using... On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 22:40:54 -0500, Rob Landley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 17 March 2005 10:18 pm, Ian McDonald wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I've been watching the discussion around 2.6.11 and reading the > > archives and I can't find the information with any clarity that I > > need. My problem is that I can't get UML to compile. I can on 2.4.27 > > (with the standard patches) and with 2.6.10 also. > > All I have to do, on x86 under either Knoppix or Red Hat, is (this is off the > top of my head, so there might be a typo or two): > > tar xvjf linux-2.6.11.tar.bz2 > cd linux-2.6.11 > # Get a usable .config file, you can use "make ARCH=um menuconfig" for this > # if you know what to select. This adds a more or less minimal set of options > # to allnoconfig to provide a usable test system. Later, you'll want to add > # thinks like loopback support, UBD, ext2, maybe swap support... > make ARCH=um allnoconfig > cat >> .config << EOF > CONFIG_MODE_TT=y > CONFIG_LD_SCRIPT_STATIC=y > CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y > CONFIG_HOSTFS=y > CONFIG_STDERR_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_LBD=y > CONFIG_PROC_FS=y > EOF > yes "" | make ARCH=um oldconfig > # Now build it. > make ARCH=um > # Run it. Later you might want to add "rootflags" (defaults to rootflags=/) > # and "mem" (defaults to mem=32M). "quiet" is nice too... > ./linux rootfstype=hostfs rw init=/bin/sh > # Show that the new shell prompt is under UML, not the parent system. > mount -t proc /proc /proc > cat /proc/cpuinfo > > The polite way to exit is either "shutdown -n" or "halt -f" (both in sbin, > which isn't int he path), but when pid 1 is /bin/sh then just "exit" will > work as well if you don't mind a UML panic message about "tried to kill > init"... > > Speaking of path: the default UML path ends with ".", and if you try to > compile anything this triggers some "holier than thou" code in gcc that > ignores the entire path without even a warning message because it thinks it > knows better than you, and thus doesn't find the linker. Just set your PATH > to "/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin" and it should work fine. (Why this isn't > the default, I have no idea...) > > > My environment is Debian Woody with 2.4.27 kernel. My gcc version is > > 2.95.4. I am using default options when I do 'make menu_config > > ARCH=um' > > There's no underscore in menuconfig. > > > Here is the error that I am experiencing once I do 'make linux ARCH=um': > > arch/um/kernel/sys_call_table.c:277: duplicate array index in initializer > > arch/um/kernel/sys_call_table.c:277: (near initialization for > > `sys_call_table') arch/um/kernel/sys_call_table.c:277: duplicate array > > index in initializer arch/um/kernel/sys_call_table.c:277: (near > > initialization for `sys_call_table') > > I remember a problem like that in one of the 2.6.11-pre releases, but it was > fixed in the final 2.6.11. What compiler version are you using? > > > The code at line 277 is: > > ARCH_SYSCALLS > > [ LAST_SYSCALL + 1 ... NR_syscalls ] = > > (syscall_handler_t *) sys_ni_syscall > > > > I don't quite understand this as it surpasses my C knowledge but if I > > do a dirty hack and change this to: > > Yeah, I did too. It was fixed before the 2.6.11 release. Are you sure you're > building 2.6.11 sources? > > > Can anybody point me in the right direction? > > You're sure you're using linux-2.6.11.tar.bz2 on x86? > > > Regards, > > > > Ian > > Rob > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel
