On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 11:20:17AM +0530, atoka wrote: > hi everyone, > im a kernel newbie. im using a debian linux(ie ubuntu).i did > cross compilation for ia64 on my system which is ia32. Now im trying > to cross compile ia64 kernel but im getting some error. before > compiling kernel, i did made changes in Makefile to specify my > ia64-linux compiler and libraries . You should not have changed the contents of your makefile but just passed it some parameters. > when i gave make menuconfig command i got following errors > > root@atoka-desktop:/linux-2.6.18# make ARCH=ia64 menuconfig > HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep > scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function 'use_config': > scripts/basic/fixdep.c:204: error: 'PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in > this function) > scripts/basic/fixdep.c:204: error: (Each undeclared identifier is > reported only once > scripts/basic/fixdep.c:204: error: for each function it appears in.) > scripts/basic/fixdep.c:204: warning: unused variable 's' > scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function 'parse_dep_file': > scripts/basic/fixdep.c:300: error: 'PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in > this function) > scripts/basic/fixdep.c:300: warning: unused variable 's' > make[1]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1 > make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2 It is because you have changed HOSTCC which is the compiler for the host you're building from. Normally, you just have to do something like this : $ make ARCH=ia64 CC=ia64-gcc menuconfig vmlinux ... And BTW, don't build as root, one day you will regret it. > i tried defining the PATH_MAX macro in fixdep.c to 100, but then it > gave error in some other file. > Can anyone help me out with this error? Regards, Willy -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
