From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932491Ab1C3NTx (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:19:53 -0400 Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([71.74.56.125]:47692 "EHLO hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932157Ab1C3NTw (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:19:52 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=aqMe+0lCtaYvy4h0jyaoPGyq+DPF+P6rPG2xbekoY9Q= c=1 sm=0 a=XYJHFtupD_QA:10 a=_1REmzv8xjcA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=OPBmh+XkhLl+Enan7BmTLg==:17 a=-j4potA_lYyAumOTwkwA:9 a=HvC47gylbIE-S7Yr3aJDaegfEXoA:4 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=OPBmh+XkhLl+Enan7BmTLg==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 67.242.120.143 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:19:51 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: Keval Vora Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Compiling kernel 2.6.12 Message-ID: <20110330131951.GI8529@home.goodmis.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:38:33AM +0530, Keval Vora wrote: > Hello > > I was trying to compile the kernel 2.6.12. The command "make O=/build > menuconfig" executed successfully. However I am getting the following > error on executing "make O=/build": > > operand type mismatch for `mov' > > I am a student and I particularly wanted to compile this version > because there are few patches coded for this version I need to study > them and may be extend them. Can anyone please help me with this one? > 2.6.12 is a very old kernel and probably wont even build with the latest toolchains, as now the tool chains will error on things that it use to let by back then. You'll probably want to try and find a version of a distro from 2005 and install that on a machine. Then you could build the 2.6.12 kernel on that distro. You may need to also find a machine from 2005 as well. Good luck, -- Steve