This is beside the point: Looking at the patch in Feb2008: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/19/244 It should be better to use SLOB than SLAB, which has been replaced by SLUB. Anyway, I have do a check on your config file (do it yourself too "make oldconfig"), and u will see that a lot of dependencies have not been ironed out, and the outcome of this make oldconfig may even negate some of your current settings in .config - based on automatic dependencies analysis inside Kconfig files. So, the issue is that u are compiling something which is not logical, and some dependencies problem has occurred (eg, during modules loading) unaware to you. Do a make oldconfig, then enter "ENTER" all the way to get the default, and see if the .config parameter meets your requirement, and if yes, "make" will start the compilation, and subsequent commands as well...... -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ