[Pvfs2-users] building 2.7.1 on linux 2.6.25

[Sumit Narayan]

There was a patch by Pete on this issue few days back.

http://www.beowulf-underground.org/pipermail/pvfs2-users/2008-April/002382.html

--Sumit

On 2008-04-24 00:04:08 -0400 Andrew Pochinsky <avp at MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Dear All,
> 	I'm wondering if anyone has managed to build kmod with the latest  
> kernel? 
> I'm getting curious errors, e.g.,
> 
> test:pvfs-2.7.1 # make kmod
> /bin/sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `cat'
> /bin/sh: -c: line 0: `echo(cat /dev/null;   echo kernel//dist/ 
> pvfs2/2.6.25/pvfs-2.7.1/src/kernel/linux-2.6/pvfs2.ko;) > /dist/ 
> pvfs2/2.6.25/pvfs-2.7.1/src/kernel/linux-2.6/modules.order'
> make[3]: *** [/dist/pvfs2/2.6.25/pvfs-2.7.1/src/kernel/linux-2.6/ 
> modules.order] Error 2
> make[2]: *** [_module_/dist/pvfs2/2.6.25/pvfs-2.7.1/src/kernel/ 
> linux-2.6] 
> Error 2
> make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
> make: *** [just_kmod] Error 2
> 
> It seems there are conflicting definitions of Q in pvfs and linux and 
>  they 
> have collided horribly in this case. I tried to define Q to be  
> empty, but it 
> unfortunately did not help, though the erorr now is in  a different 
> place:
> 
> test:pvfs-2.7.1 # make kmod Q=
> test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf ||  ( 
>     \
>          echo;                                                        
>    \
>         echo "  ERROR: Kernel configuration is  invalid.";            
>    \
>         echo "         include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/ 
> auto.conf 
> are missing.";      \
>         echo "         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel 
>  src to 
> fix it.";  \
>          echo;                                                        
>     \ 
>      /bin/false)
> mkdir -p /dist/pvfs2/2.6.25/pvfs-2.7.1/src/kernel/ 
> linux-2.6/.tmp_versions ; 
> rm -f /dist/pvfs2/2.6.25/pvfs-2.7.1/src/ 
> kernel/linux-2.6/.tmp_versions/*
> make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/dist/pvfs2/2.6.25/pvfs-2.7.1/src/ 
> kernel/linux-2.6
> (cat /dev/null;   echo kernel//dist/pvfs2/2.6.25/pvfs-2.7.1/src/ 
> kernel/linux-2.6/pvfs2.ko;) > /dist/pvfs2/2.6.25/pvfs-2.7.1/src/ 
> kernel/linux-2.6/modules.order
>    Building modules, stage 2.
> make -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.25/scripts/Makefile.modpost
>   MODPOST 1 modules
> "  CC           src/apps/kernel/linux/pvfs2-client.o"
> /bin/sh:   CC           src/apps/kernel/linux/pvfs2-client.o: No such 
>  file 
> or directory
> make: *** [src/apps/kernel/linux/pvfs2-client.o] Error 127
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> --andrew
> 
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