Sirs BELOW is the ERROR 1. make vmlinux ................................. ................................. ................................. ld: drivers/media/media.o: uses different e_flags (0x0) fields than previous modules (0x100) Bad value: failed to merge target specific data of file drivers/media/media.o make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 2. Error compiling a new kernel. 3. ld (linker) 4. bash-2.04# cat /proc/version Linux version 2.2.14 (wesolows@fallout) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314 (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #2 Thu May 18 16:27:14 PDT 2000 bash-2.04# 5.N/A 6 N/A 7. bash-2.04# set BASH=/usr/bin/bash BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="2" [1]="04" [2]="0" [3]="1" [4]="release" [5]="mips-unknown-linux- gnu") BASH_VERSION='2.04.0(1)-release' COLUMNS=80 DIRSTACK=() EUID=0 GROUPS=() HISTFILE=//.bash_history HISTFILESIZE=500 HISTSIZE=500 HOME=/ HOSTNAME=Roland HOSTTYPE=mips IFS=' ' LINES=24 LOGNAME=root MACHTYPE=mips-unknown-linux-gnu MAIL=/var/spool/mail/root MAILCHECK=60 OPTERR=1 OPTIND=1 OSTYPE=linux-gnu PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin PIPESTATUS=([0]="0") PPID=1 PS1='\s-\v\$ ' PS2='> ' PS4='+ ' PWD=/ SHELL=/usr/bin/bash SHELLOPTS=braceexpand:hashall:histexpand:monitor:history:interactive-comment s:emacs SHLVL=1 TERM=vt100 UID=0 _=/proc/version bash-2.04# 7.1 > VERSIONS::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > ################################################################# > bash-2.04# /linux/scripts/ver_linux > If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version. > Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes. > > Linux Roland 2.2.14 #2 Thu May 18 16:27:14 PDT 2000 mips unknown > > Gnu C egcs-2.91.66 > Gnu make 3.79 > binutils 000425 > util-linux 2.10m > mount 2.10m > modutils 2.3.11 > e2fsprogs 1.18 > Linux C Library 2.0.6 > Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.0.6 > Linux C++ Library 2.9.0 > Procps 2.0.6 > Net-tools 1.55 > Kbd command > Sh-utils 2.0i > cat: /proc/modules: No such file or directory > Modules Loaded > bash-2.04# > 7.2 bash-2.04# cat /proc/cpuinfo cpu : MIPS cpu model : R4000SC V3.0 system type : SGI Indy BogoMIPS : 49.97 byteorder : big endian unaligned accesses : 0 wait instruction : no microsecond timers : no extra interrupt vector : no hardware watchpoint : yes VCED exceptions : 670 VCEI exceptions : 169 bash-2.04# 7.3 No modules 7.4 bash-2.04# ls -l /proc/ioports -r--r--r-- 1 root sys 0 Aug 8 07:33 /proc/ioports bash-2.04# ls -l /proc/iomem ls: /proc/iomem: No such file or directory bash-2.04# 7.5 No PCI 7.6 bash-2.04# ls -lt /proc/scsi total 0 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root sys 0 Aug 8 07:35 SGIWD -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 0 Aug 8 07:35 scsi bash-2.04# bash-2.04# ls -lt /proc/scsi total 0 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root sys 0 Aug 8 07:35 SGIWD -rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 0 Aug 8 07:35 scsi bash-2.04# 7.7 AND here are some details ARCH: indigo 2 IP22 SYSTEM : Simple Linux built as per http://foobazco.org/~wesolows/Install-HOWTO.html KERNEL: [Simple Linux/MIPS 0.1 (kernel 2.2.14)] or [Simple Linux/MIPS 0.1 (kernel 2.4.3)] >> hinv System: IP22 Processor: 100 Mhz R4000, with FPU Primary I-cache size: 8 Kbytes Primary D-cache size: 8 Kbytes Secondary cache size: 1024 Kbytes Memory size: 64 Mbytes Graphics: XL SCSI Disk: scsi(0)disk(1) SCSI CDROM: scsi(0)cdrom(3) >> BOTH "CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE" has been turned on or off without any change. Error again: > mips-linux-ld: drivers/media/media.o: uses different e_flags (0x0) fields than previous modules (0x100) > Bad value: failed to merge target specific data of file drivers/media/media.o > make: [vmlinux] Error 1 (ignored) > mips-linux-nm vmlinux | grep -v '\(compiled\)\|\(\.o$\)\|\( [aUw] \)\|\(\.\.ng$\)\|\(LASH[RL]DI\)' | sort > System.map > ################################################################# >
