gentoo-sources 2.4.20 won't compile!!

blamothe

i just upgraded to gentoo-sources 2.4.20 from 2.4.19, but each time I try to compile it, it won't, it always spits out this same error:

make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r1/drivers/i2c'
rm -f i2c.o
ld -m elf_i386 -r -o i2c.o i2c-core.o i2c-dev.o i2c-algo-bit.o i2c-elv.o i2c-velleman.o i2c-pport.o i2c-algo-pcf.o i2c-elektor.o i2c-pcf-epp.o
i2c-pcf-epp.o(.data+0x14): multiple definition of `irq_driver_lock'
i2c-elektor.o(.data+0x8): first defined here
make[3]: *** [i2c.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r1/drivers/i2c'
make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r1/drivers/i2c'
make[1]: *** [_subdir_i2c] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r1/drivers'
make: *** [_dir_drivers] Error 2

what should i do, how do i fix this. Also, another related question, is vanilla sources a better choice than gentoo-sources? thanks

magisk · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 8:14 am Post subject:

keratos68 · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 12:00 pm Post subject:

Do you need I2C?? Not very common hardware for the home user. Disable it in the config file.
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maxmc · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 12:07 pm Post subject:

I get this error.. now I don't know which option I turned on that caused this
and I'd be realy glad if someone could help me point that out.

wolf@zh · n00b Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 72

hmmm...i once had an similar error, because i compiled smp into my first kernel....just save your kernel-configfile and then #make mrproper before compling the new kernel

blamothe · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 12:17 am Post subject:

ok, I run a p4 with gcc>3.1, vanilla sources won't compile and I think thats why. gentoo-sources-2.4.19 compiled fine, but I can't seem to get 2.4.20 to work. I don't think I enabled I2C, but I can check again. Last time, I didn't enable grsecurity, but the kernel didn't compile because of some error in that function, I think this may be the same type of thing, but it just isn't fixed in the same way.

pheph · n00b Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 1

I was getting the exact same error message (second one, involving ksyms.o), but when I compiled with SMP, the problem went away (sytem does not need SMP).

wolf@zh's solution worked for me... 'make clean' didn't even solve my problem... I had to backup my .config and 'make mrproper'. This was for recompling the 2.4.20-r2 kernel after booting into my new Gentoo 1.4rc3 system.

quikchaos · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 107