make dep && clean bzImage module modules_install fai

ChojinDSL · l33t Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 784

Hi, Ive completed the installation process once. I was using the gaming sources then, but upon booting I noticed through an error message that support for devfs was not enabled.
So I've been trying to reinstall the kernel, both from gaming-sources and from gentoo-sources.
make dep and make clean go without a hitch.
but when I make bzImage I get the following error:
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drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o drivers/char/agp/agp.o drivers/char/drm/drm.o drivers/ide/idedriver.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia.o drivers/net/pcmcia/pcmcia_net.o drivers/net/wireless/wireless_net.o drivers/video/video.o drivers/usb/usbdrv.o drivers/input/inputdrv.o drivers/i2c/i2c.o \
net/network.o \
grsecurity/grsec.o \
crypto/crypto.o \
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r5/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r5/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r5/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
--end-group \
-o vmlinux
drivers/char/drm/drm.o(.text+0x7728): In function `sis_fb_alloc':
: undefined reference to `sis_malloc'
drivers/char/drm/drm.o(.text+0x77d6): In function `sis_fb_alloc':
: undefined reference to `sis_free'
drivers/char/drm/drm.o(.text+0x7849): In function `sis_fb_free':
: undefined reference to `sis_free'
drivers/char/drm/drm.o(.text+0x7c7f): In function `sis_final_context':
: undefined reference to `sis_free'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
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I have tried to use make mrproper and then repeat the make menuconfig/make dep make clean .....etc. process, but It always stops at the bzImage state and gives me the error above.

Any ideas? Are there perhaps any option I should disable in the make menuconfig? Or maybe I should set a few options to made as modules instead of compiling them into the kernel?

By the way, is there any difference in performance if you make something as a module instead of compiling it directly into the kernel?

sebo · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 9:44 am Post subject:

Have you done this after the end of the compile process:

ChojinDSL · l33t Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 784

Yeah I have done. But I just get an error stating:
"cp: cannot stat `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage': No such file or directory"

Besides, it seems obvious to me from the previous error message that "make bzImage" did not finish sucessfully.

adrenalin · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Dec 2002 Posts: 129

What happens if you omit the 'make clean' part ?

b1nd3n14l · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 80

If you dont have the need for SIS in DRM...

make menuconfig

Deselect SIS in the DRM section....
Character devices
-- DRM 4.1 drivers
< > SiS

and try again....

If you do need it... I cant help you....

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EzInKy · Veteran Joined: 11 Oct 2002 Posts: 1742 Location: Kentucky

I found this searching google:

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0201.3/0294.html

syph3r2001 · n00b Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Posts: 44

also sounds like you didnt mount /boot

linux_weenie · Guru Joined: 25 Jun 2003 Posts: 365

generally i do the following steps when compiling a kernel.

ChojinDSL · l33t Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 784

Thanks for all the help people. Ive fixed it (somehow). Cant quite remember what I had done, since I immediately continued with the rest of the installation.
But thanks people.

I sure love this community.

Ive run into this problem before on my first try to install gentoo. Somehow I fixed it back then. After I while I kind of broke my system when trying to update the kernel. Well not really broke it, but you know for a noob, anything that doesnt produce the same results as in the manual is considered a broken system, even if its just the wrong system time. :wink:

Anyway, after a while I decided to do a fresh install, and this time stick with the gentoo-sources kernel. I originally wanted to use the gaming-sources, but i figure, I gotta learn to walk before I can fly, so better stick with standard options like it says in the install guide, that way if anything breaks, I know its not because im using the wrong kernel sources.

Well blah blah blah.... anyhow. It seems that whenever the make bzImage part fails, this is always due to some improper selections in make menuconfig. i.e. as in compile into the kernel or as a module. Allthough I wonder why there would be any option to compile something into kernel if it will only work properly if you compile it as a module.
Of course being the ueber-noob that I am, I could be totally wrong here.

Oh well, I should just be happy and thankful that gentoo is up and running on my laptop now.

I know this has probably been said before, but I gotta say, multitasking is amazing in gentoo. I know I cant really compare my laptop (pIII 1.1ghz 512mbRAM) performance with my desktop (pIII 450mhz 768mbRAM) performance. But from what I remember from windows, I'm pretty sure that I wouldnt be able to play music (xmms) and watch a video (mplayer) smoothly, without jerkyness or interruptions in the audio!, while having my cpu at 100% because I am doing an emerge in the background.
Wow, I'm really impressed. Under WinXP even with the possibility of prioritizing tasks, if the cpu goes under full load, you can usually kiss audio and video smoothness goodbye.

This feature alone is what makes all the compiling time worthwile. Besides from what I can remember from Mandrake and Suse, I've never had this execellent multitasking performance. thats in the end why I switched back to Windows, because the performance didnt seem any better.

but wow..

Now, if only I could get 3DstudioMax5.1 to run perfect and stable under linux, then I would never have to switch back to Windows. Oh well, time will come.