Hong Hsu <honghsu@bellatlantic.net> writes: > On athlon XP machine, I tried to reinstall Redhat Linux kernel > 2.4.18-3 > source tree. but didn't got luck. Here is what I did: > #rpm -ivh --force kernel-2.4.18-3.src.rpm > #rpm -qi kernel-2.4.18-3 > The Install date was 12/16/2002. It didn't updated! > > #cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-3 > #cp configs/kernel-2.4.18-3-athlon.config ../.config make oldconfig > #make dep > > It didn't seems do anything: > [root@puma linux-2.4.18-3]# make dep > gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -o > scripts/mkdep scripts/mkdep.c > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-3/arch/i386/boot' > make[1]: Nothing to be done for `dep'. > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-3/arch/i386/boot' > make: *** No rule to make target `include/linux/autoconf.h', needed by > `include/linux/version.h'. Stop. > [root@puma linux-2.4.18-3]# > > After that I tried to compile a driver and couldn't find modversions.h > and autoconf.h, what I am missing here in order to successful > reinstall kernel source tree. Your help will be appreciated, I believe these files will be generated when you run "make oldconfig", assuming you don't want to modify the configuration with "make menuconfig" or something. -- --Ed L Cashin PGP public key: http://noserose.net/e/pgp/ They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
