kernel compile error

[Jeff Vian]

Mark McGlone wrote:

>I was able to compile the 2.6 kernel once.
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>But I found that I'd forgotten a few things and had to recompile.
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>I did
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>     make mrproper
>     make menuconfig (and reloaded my previous configuration)
>     make
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>It churned along for a while then I got this error
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>       CC      drivers/pci/pci.o
>       CC      drivers/pci/quirks.o
>       HOSTCC  drivers/pci/gen-devlist
>       DEVLIST drivers/pci/devlist.h
>     /bin/sh: line 1: cd: drivers/pci: No such file or directory
>     /bin/sh: line 1: ./gen-devlist: No such file or directory
>     make[2]: *** [drivers/pci/devlist.h] Error 127
>     make[1]: *** [drivers/pci] Error 2
>     make: *** [drivers] Error 2
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>I have no problem comiling my 2.4 kernel, and like I said I was able to compile
>the 2.6 kernel once. I downloaded this as an rpm from mirrors.kernel.org.
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do drivers/pci and drivers/pci/den-devlist  exist in your kernel tree???

>I tried this a few weeks ago and had the same result (a slightly earlier
>version of the 2.6 kernel), except that time I was never able to get successful
>compile at all.
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>Anyone know what's going on?
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>thanks,
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>Mark McGlone
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