Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759259AbYAHKvz (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jan 2008 05:51:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752503AbYAHKvm (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jan 2008 05:51:42 -0500 Received: from e28smtp03.in.ibm.com ([59.145.155.3]:40933 "EHLO e28esmtp03.in.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752535AbYAHKvk (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jan 2008 05:51:40 -0500 Message-ID: <47835598.7020308@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:21:04 +0530 From: Kamalesh Babulal User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.14pre (X11/20071023) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sam Ravnborg CC: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linus Torvalds , Andy Whitcroft , Balbir Singh Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.24-rc7 Build Failure on headers_install References: <4781E75B.3020307@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20080107101235.GA13609@uranus.ravnborg.org> In-Reply-To: <20080107101235.GA13609@uranus.ravnborg.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1960 Lines: 60 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. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/