Hi,
I notice a year old bug in bugzilla [1]. As many developers don't
take a look on it, I decided to forward the bug by mail. And
to reach the reporter, you must log in to bugzilla.
Quoting from the bug report:
> Christian 2022-04-08 10:44:17 UTC
>
> Symptom:
>
> make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/src/kernels/5.17.1-1.el8.elrepo.x86_64'
> Makefile:729: target 'include/config/auto.conf' does not exist
> test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
> echo >&2; \
> echo >&2 " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
> echo >&2 " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
> echo >&2 " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \
> echo >&2 ; \
> /bin/false)
> Makefile:1717: target 'prepare' does not exist
> if [ "gcc (GCC) 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-4)" != ""gcc (GCC) 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-4)"" ]; then \
> echo >&2 "warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel"; \
> echo >&2 " The kernel was built by: "gcc (GCC) 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-4)""; \
> echo >&2 " You are using: gcc (GCC) 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-4)"; \
> fi
> /bin/sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> /bin/sh: -c: line 0: `if [ "gcc (GCC) 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-4)" != ""gcc (GCC) 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-4)"" ]; then \'
> make[2]: *** [Makefile:1717: prepare] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernels/5.17.1-1.el8.elrepo.x86_64'
>
>
> Note the double double-quotes in the GCC Version comparison !
>
> This happens to me when I try to compile vmware kernel modules with mainline kernel from elrepo on AlamLinux8.
>
> Since it is coming from the Makefile of the Kernel, I suppose this is the proper upstream tracker to be used. Please advise if not.
>
>
> This is the potion of the Makefile that fails (line 1717..) :
> prepare:
> @if [ "$(CC_VERSION_TEXT)" != "$(CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT)" ]; then \
> echo >&2 "warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel"; \
> echo >&2 " The kernel was built by: $(CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT)"; \
> echo >&2 " You are using: $(CC_VERSION_TEXT)"; \
> fi
>
>
>
> I don't know where CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT is defined. Which apparently contains "...", but shouldn't.
>
>
To the reporter: It is helpful to try compiling your third-party modules
against latest mainline kernel.
Thanks.
[1]: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215820
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