i try to compile kernel 2.0.32 because i need processor of i586 to compile a video conferencing player (vic) which need a i586 cpu. i have a kernel 2.2.15-0 with i686 i don't know if i can make it under i586 thanks for your help On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, David Weinehall wrote: > On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Mohamed Sridi wrote: > > > > > this the error that i got when i compile a new kernel 2.0.32 after the > > these instructions > > make mrproper > > make menuconfig > > make dep > > make zImage > > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -D__ASSEMBLY__ -traditional -c > > entry.S -o entry.o > > /tmp/ccL5M8ZT.s: Assembler messages: > > /tmp/ccL5M8ZT.s:257: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `call' > > make[1]: *** [entry.o] Error 1 > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/kernel' > > make: *** [linuxsubdirs] Error 2 > > > > > > when i want to cop the /arch/i386/boot/zImage to /linux/vmlinuz-2.0.32-new > > i got that zImage is not there > > i try the solution that marcello said to avoid make clean but it still the > > same problem > > Excuse me, but WHY are you trying to compile v2.0.32?! > > v2.2.16 is the most recent stable kernel, v2.0.38 is the most recent > v2.0.xx-series kernel and v2.4test3 is the most recent developmental > kernel. > > There is no reasonable cause to use v2.0.32 that I can think of. > > Whoever Marcello is, he's correct in that make clean isn't needed when you > use make mrproper, but you shouldn't have to use mrproper. > > make menuconfig > make dep > make clean > make zImage > > should do the thing normally. Are you sure your binutils are correctly > installed? (And of the right version, see linux/Documentation/Changes) > > > /David Weinehall > _ _ > // David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se> /> Northern lights wander \\ > // Project MCA Linux hacker // Dance across the winter sky // > \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ </ Full colour fire </ > > - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
