FC4 kernel build issue

I have downloaded the sources for 2.6.15-1.1833_FC4-smp-i686
Updated everything (yum update, up2date)

Created a new lean and mean .config and ran make all.

Got a warning about the Adaptec SCSI driver Ai7xxx

No other warnings.
make modules_install : no probs
make install: complaints about Ai7xxx, ata_piix and the raid5 modules

Search on the net learns more ppl encountered similar stuff.

Went back to old .config (make oldconfig) and lo and behold, even the
FC4 issued config won't build.

Tried a rebuild with all of the older kernels on my system and same
problem keeps reoccurring.

tried gcc32 instead of gcc4, no dice.

Anyone who solved this ? Or has a pointer to a must-read on FC4 kernel
building issues ? (Apart from all the mjmwired.net stuff, read that
thoroughly, as well as FC4 kernel compile notes from redhat, and of
course the relevant documents in the Documents directory)

Rgds
Sh.

Schraalhans Keukenmeester wrote:

> I have downloaded the sources for 2.6.15-1.1833_FC4-smp-i686
> Updated everything (yum update, up2date)
>
> Created a new lean and mean .config and ran make all.
>
> Got a warning about the Adaptec SCSI driver Ai7xxx
>
> No other warnings.
> make modules_install : no probs
> make install: complaints about Ai7xxx, ata_piix and the raid5 modules


So, you forgot something, go back and fix it. Hint take a look at the SCSI
device support section.


>
> Search on the net learns more ppl encountered similar stuff.
>
> Went back to old .config (make oldconfig) and lo and behold, even the
> FC4 issued config won't build.
>
> Tried a rebuild with all of the older kernels on my system and same
> problem keeps reoccurring.
>
> tried gcc32 instead of gcc4, no dice.
>
> Anyone who solved this ? Or has a pointer to a must-read on FC4 kernel
> building issues ? (Apart from all the mjmwired.net stuff, read that
> thoroughly, as well as FC4 kernel compile notes from redhat, and of
> course the relevant documents in the Documents directory)

Try these steps (they work just fine with building vanilla kernels);

<apply patches here>
make mrproper
make xconfig
make
make modules_install
make install

$ uname -a
Linux Aspire5000 2.6.16 #1 Thu Mar 23 23:21:36 EST 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
GNU/Linux


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