Re: Compile error with make bootpfile (2.6.25.4)

["Rakib Mullick" <rakib.mullick@gmail.com>]

On 5/27/08, Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org> wrote:
> I'm cross compiling a kernel for my alpha on x86.  I'm seeing this:
>   gcc -Wp,-MD,arch/alpha/boot/tools/.objstrip.d -Iarch/alpha/boot -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -o arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip /usr/src/linux/dist/2.6.25.4/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c
>  /usr/src/linux/dist/2.6.25.4/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c: In function 'main':
>  /usr/src/linux/dist/2.6.25.4/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:189: warning: format '%#016lx' expects type 'long unsigned int', but argument 5 has type 'Elf32_Addr'
>  /usr/src/linux/dist/2.6.25.4/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:196: error: 'struct exec' has no member named 'fh'
>  /usr/src/linux/dist/2.6.25.4/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:202: error: 'struct exec' has no member named 'fh'
>  /usr/src/linux/dist/2.6.25.4/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:202: error: 'struct exec' has no member named 'ah'
>  /usr/src/linux/dist/2.6.25.4/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:214: error: 'struct exec' has no member named 'ah'
>  /usr/src/linux/dist/2.6.25.4/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:214: error: 'struct exec' has no member named 'ah'
>  /usr/src/linux/dist/2.6.25.4/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:215: error: 'struct exec' has no member named 'ah'
>  /usr/src/linux/dist/2.6.25.4/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:219: error: 'struct exec' has no member named 'ah'
>  /usr/src/linux/dist/2.6.25.4/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:220: error: 'struct exec' has no member named 'ah'
>  /usr/src/linux/dist/2.6.25.4/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:263: warning: format '%lu' expects type 'long unsigned int', but argument 4 has type 'size_t'
>  make[2]: *** [arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip] Error 1
>  make[1]: *** [bootpfile] Error 2
>  make: *** [sub-make] Error 2
>  make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/dist/2.6.25.4'
>
>  I called make like this:
>  make -C /usr/src/linux/dist/2.6.25.4 O=$PWD ARCH=alpha V=1 CROSS_COMPILE=alpha-linux-gnu- bootpfile
>
>  My host gcc is:
>  gcc (GCC) 4.1.3 20070514 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-7)
>
>  My target gcc is:
>  alpha-linux-gnu-gcc (GCC) 4.1.3 20070514 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-7)
>
>  I decided to just copy over the sources so that I wouldn't need the -C and
>  O= on the make line.  I also modified the Make file so that I didn't need to
>  specify ARCH and CROSS_COMPILE.  I removed support for a.out in objstrip.  I
>  was finally able to get it to compile, but it still didn't work.  Not sure
>  if it was due to the fact it's using x86 headers instead of alpha headers or
>  what.
>
>  I tried asking on linux-alpha, but that list seems to be fairly dead.
>
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In u'r .config file , have u enable for both ELF & a.out support.