Re: Linux 2.6.24-rc7 Build Failure on headers_install

[Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 02:18:27PM +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The make allyesconfig build fails on x86_64 (AMD box) with the following
>> error
>>
>>   CHK     include/linux/version.h
>>   CHK     include/linux/utsrelease.h
>>   CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh
>>   CHK     include/linux/compile.h
>>   CHK     include/linux/version.h
>> make[2]: `scripts/unifdef' is up to date.
>> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `|', needed by `asm-generic'.  Stop.
>> make[1]: *** [headers_install] Error 2
>> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 2
> 
> Which make version are you using - it looks like a make bug.
> Did this occur with an older kernel or has this behaviour just started?
> 
> To get further you can disable "headers check" in kernel hacking menu
> but we need to find out why it fails for you.
> 
> Note: '|' is used to say that a prerequisite is 'order only' in
> scripts/Makefile.headersinst
> 
> 	Sam
Hi Sam,

After disabling the headers_check, the build failure is not seen,
i tried compiling 2.6.24-rc{2,3,4,5,6,7} all of these have this failure.
And when i tried compiling 2.6.23 with allyesconfig i got the following
error

  SYSCALL arch/x86_64/vdso/vdso.so
/usr/bin/ld: section .data [ffffffffff700900 -> ffffffffff700917] overlaps section .plt [ffffffffff7008e4 -> ffffffffff700903]
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [arch/x86_64/vdso/vdso.so] Error 1
make: *** [arch/x86_64/vdso] Error 2

# make --version
GNU Make version 3.79.1

# ld -v
GNU ld version 2.14.90.0.4 20030523

# gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.2.3 20030502 

let me know if, i could help you with more information.
-- 
Thanks & Regards,
Kamalesh Babulal,
Linux Technology Center,
IBM, ISTL.