Kernel >=2.6.9 & UDEV - Can not compile :-(

[simcax]

Hello!

I have a similar compile error as in this thread :
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=234491
( * ERROR: Failed to compile the "KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux USE_KLIBC=true USE_LOG=false DEBUG=false udevdir=/dev all etc/udev/udev.conf" target...)

I can not compile any of the 2.6.9 kernels (haven't tried lesser versions).
The comile goes in errror when it comes to compiling udev.

I am compiling the kernel with the help of genkernel (tried version 3.1.0a & 3.1.0c ).
Using the following switches :
--udev all
--udev --bootloader=grub all
--udev --install --clean --bootloader=grub all


I have emerged baselayout, coldplug, hotplug and checked/unchecked all the options in menuconfig I have been able to find around on the net.

I have been googling and searching this forum for 3 days now, and no resolve

Hardware : AMD64 3000+, Biostar iDEQ 200P, 512MB Ram, IDE, SATA

I have tried to get back to using devfs , but this seems to be impossible. So right now I have a very broken gentoo
Can anyone point me in the right direction ? Any ideas as to why this is happening ? I am giong quite mad here

Cheers
Simcax

[jeremy whiting]

did you allready emerge udev? I've never used genkernel before, but maybe if you don't have udev yet it's having problems. udev doesn't come compiled into the kernel, that's for sure.

[simcax]

I emerged udev before I tried compiling it.

Now for some strange reason udevd is running, but still it is not compiled into the kernel.

I can now boot and have my hardware detected - which I couldn't before.
But still no udev support.

If I put the option gentoo="nodevfs" in grub, then it won't boot.

I am still searching the web and there seeems to be 2-3 other cases where this is happening, but nobody is getting any closer to a solution

[Jengu]

Udev does not get compiled into the kernel, while devfs does. Make sure you have devfs support compiled in (yes, even though you are using udev -- it isn't complete yet) but don't have it automattically mount dev filesystems (in xconfig it's the check right under devfs support). Don't change any options in grub -- gentoo will automatically not start devfsd if you have udev merged and that option unchecked in kernel. And don't add the udev daemon by hand with rc-update either, gentoo does that too

[simcax]

Okay, I am pretty sure I did those things.

Then I am thinking whether it could be a problem with genkernel then ?
It is only when I have tried compiling with --udev option, that the compiling fails.