On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Pietro Paolini <pulsarpietro@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > I tried, as beginner, to compile a simple module downloaded by > internet, hello_printk, I am using ArchLinux and I followed the > simplest way for compile a new kernel tree from here : > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernels/Compilation/Arch_Build_System > > But when I try to compile I catch these errors: > > echo >&2 " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \ > echo >&2 " include/generated/autoconf.h or > include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\ > echo >&2 " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src try the suggested above step. IIRC, those commands will do things like preparing the neccessary object files, headers and so on, so it is ready for you to be used on your kernel programming. Apologize since I can't provide deeper details about this. -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies