Kernel 2.6.9/10 compilation problem

lakshman · n00b Joined: 23 Mar 2005 Posts: 2

Hi!
I am new to Gentoo. I had problems in emerging kernel 2.6.9 and 2.6.10 it reports the following error.

* Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 3.1.1b
* Compiling Linux Kernel 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 for x86...

* kernel: >> Running mrproper...
* ERROR: Failed to compile the "mrproper" target...

* -- Grepping log... --

COMMAND: make -j2 CC="gcc" LD="ld" AS="as" mrproper
Makefile:500: /usr/src/linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r9/arch/x86/Makefile: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r9/arch/x86/Makefile'. Stop.
* Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 3.1.1b

* ERROR: Failed to compile the "mrproper" target...

* -- End log... --

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It is able to compile 2.4.28-r8 without any problem. Some one please help me.

-Lakshman.

tomvollerthun · Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 316

Hi.
The Makefile for your architecture should be located in /usr/src/linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r9/arch/i386/ and not in
/usr/src/linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r9/arch/x86/
I don't know how to tell genkernel the proper architecture, but you should try and use i386 instead of x86

Please come back to tell if that helped.
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lakshman · n00b Joined: 23 Mar 2005 Posts: 2

I tried copying arch/i386 folder to arch/x86 but it didn't worked for me.
I had also tried genkernel --arch-override=i386, genkernel terminating
saying this

* Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 3.1.1b
* ERROR: i386 not yet supported by genkernel. Please add the arch-specific config file, /usr/share/genkernel/i386/config.sh

* -- Grepping log... --

* Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 3.1.1b

* ERROR: i386 not yet supported by genkernel. Please add the arch-specific config file, /usr/share/genkernel/i386/config.sh

-Lakshman