Re: [Xen-users] basic question on how to compile 2.4 xen

[Shahzad Chohan <shahzad.chohan@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/21/05, Ernst Bachmann <e.bachmann@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > Basically it keeps failing because it needs the genksyms
> > package, which is provided in the modutils package from redhat, but
> > obviously this isn't presetn on the 2.6 kernel.
> 
> Have a look at:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162195
> 
> Basically, they moved genksyms to the "kernel-devel" package, and the file is
> in "/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/scripts/genksyms" now... symlinking it
> from there into the $PATH might fix the xen kernel makefiles.
> 

Excellent.

Thanks for that, it really helped. 

Now that I've tried compiling it I get the following errors:, any
ideas what this could be?

make[4]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/arch/xen/drivers/netif'
make -C  arch/xen/drivers/usbif CFLAGS="-D__KERNEL__
-I/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing
-fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2
-march=i686 -fno-unit-at-a-time -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include
/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/include/linux/modversions.h"
MAKING_MODULES=1 modules
make: *** arch/xen/drivers/usbif: No such file or directory.  Stop.
make: Entering an unknown directorymake: Leaving an unknown
directorymake[3]: *** [_mod_arch/xen/drivers/usbif] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU'
make[3]: Entering directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU'
make -C  kernel modules_install
make[4]: Entering directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/kernel'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/kernel'
make -C  drivers modules_install
make[4]: Entering directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers'
make -C block modules_install
make[5]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/block'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[5]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/block'
make -C cdrom modules_install
make[5]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/cdrom'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[5]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/cdrom'
make -C char modules_install
make[5]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/char'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[5]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/char'
make -C hotplug modules_install
make[5]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/hotplug'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[5]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/hotplug'
make -C media modules_install
make[5]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/media'
make -C radio modules_install
make[6]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/media/radio'
make[6]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[6]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/media/radio'
make -C video modules_install
make[6]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/media/video'
make[6]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[6]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/media/video'
make[5]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/media'
make -C misc modules_install
make[5]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/misc'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[5]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/misc'
make -C net modules_install
make[5]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/net'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[5]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/net'
make -C parport modules_install
make[5]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/parport'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[5]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/parport'
make -C scsi modules_install
make[5]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/scsi'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[5]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/scsi'
make -C sound modules_install
make[5]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/sound'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[5]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers/sound'
make[4]: Leaving directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/drivers'
make -C  mm modules_install
make[4]: Entering directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/mm'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/mm'
make -C  fs modules_install
make[4]: Entering directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/fs'
make -C nls modules_install
make[5]: Entering directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/fs/nls'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[5]: Leaving directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/fs/nls'
make[4]: Leaving directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/fs'
make -C  net modules_install
make[4]: Entering directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/net'
make -C 802 modules_install
make[5]: Entering directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/net/802'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[5]: Leaving directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/net/802'
make -C core modules_install
make[5]: Entering directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/net/core'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[5]: Leaving directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/net/core'
make -C ipv4 modules_install
make[5]: Entering directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/net/ipv4'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[5]: Leaving directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/net/ipv4'
make -C ipv4/netfilter modules_install
make[5]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/net/ipv4/netfilter'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[5]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/net/ipv4/netfilter'
make -C netlink modules_install
make[5]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/net/netlink'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[5]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/net/netlink'
make -C sched modules_install
make[5]: Entering directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/net/sched'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[5]: Leaving directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/net/sched'
make[4]: Leaving directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/net'
make -C  ipc modules_install
make[4]: Entering directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/ipc'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/ipc'
make -C  lib modules_install
make[4]: Entering directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/lib'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/lib'
make -C  crypto modules_install
make[4]: Entering directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/crypto'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/crypto'
make -C  arch/xen/kernel modules_install
make[4]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/arch/xen/kernel'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[4]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/arch/xen/kernel'
make -C  arch/xen/mm modules_install
make[4]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/arch/xen/mm'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[4]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/arch/xen/mm'
make -C  arch/xen/lib modules_install
make[4]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/arch/xen/lib'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[4]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/arch/xen/lib'
make -C  arch/xen/drivers/console modules_install
make[4]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/arch/xen/drivers/console'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[4]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/arch/xen/drivers/console'
make -C  arch/xen/drivers/evtchn modules_install
make[4]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/arch/xen/drivers/evtchn'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[4]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/arch/xen/drivers/evtchn'
make -C  arch/xen/drivers/blkif modules_install
make[4]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/arch/xen/drivers/blkif'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[4]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/arch/xen/drivers/blkif'
make -C  arch/xen/drivers/netif modules_install
make[4]: Entering directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/arch/xen/drivers/netif'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `modules_install'.
make[4]: Leaving directory
`/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/arch/xen/drivers/netif'
make -C  arch/xen/drivers/usbif modules_install
make: *** arch/xen/drivers/usbif: No such file or directory.  Stop.
make: Entering an unknown directorymake: Leaving an unknown
directorymake[3]: *** [_modinst_arch/xen/drivers/usbif] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU'
make[2]: *** [build] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable'
make[1]: *** [linux-2.4-xenU-build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/xen/xen-unstable'
make: *** [kernels] Error 1

Thanks a lot 
Shaz

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