The problem happens in make modules when it gets to here:
make -C block modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/drivers/block'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -W
no-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer
-pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -malign-functions=4 -DMODULE
-DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/modversions.h
-nostdinc
-I /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=loop
-DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c loop.c
cc1: warning: -malign-functions is obsolete, use -falign-functions
In file included from
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/spinlock.h:56,
from /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/linux/module.h:11,
from loop.c:62:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/asm/spinlock.h:9: invalid suffix on
integer constant
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/asm/spinlock.h:9: parse error before
numeric constant
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/asm/spinlock.h:10: `printk_R_ver_str'
declared as function returning a function
/usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/include/asm/spinlock.h:10: warning: function
declaration isn't a prototype
The full list of errors from the compilation is very formidable, but the
first two errors are probably all I need to solve.
Line 9 of spinlock.h says:
extern int printk(const char * fmt, ...)
__attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
But, if I run the above gcc command with just the preprocessor, I get the
following junk:
extern int printk_R_ver_str(1b7d4074)(const char * fmt, ...)
__attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
It looks like the printk is blowing up wrong. Can someone, anyone, *please
help me here? This is a fresh install and for the life of my I can't
imagine why I'm getting this kind of problem. I have not heard of anyone
else having this. :-(
Thanks guys. I appreciate the help.
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