I am currently trying to get Scientific Linux to run properly on an Acer
TravelMate 8104WLMi. I knew it had issues with the acpi and the DSDT
database. In order to try to fix this I need to patch the kernel and
recompile.

I have however found that

when from directory /usr/src/kernel/2.6.9-5.0.5.EL-hugemem-i686
I issue the command

>make zImage (I note make dep is no longer necessary)

It fails with errors even for the standard unpatched kernel. I have tried a
range of recent SL 4.0 4.1 and they all fail

The 4.1 fails with


root@lapi 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL-hugemem-i686]# make zImage
  CHK     include/linux/version.h
  SPLIT   include/linux/autoconf.h -> include/config/*
  CHK     include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h
  HOSTCC  scripts/genksyms/genksyms.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/genksyms/lex.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/genksyms/parse.o
  HOSTLD  scripts/genksyms/genksyms
  CC      scripts/mod/empty.o
  MKELF   scripts/mod/elfconfig.h
  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/file2alias.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/modpost.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/sumversion.o
  HOSTLD  scripts/mod/modpost
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `init/main.o', needed by `init/built-in.o'.  Stop.
make: *** [init] Error 2


On an older release 3.9 I got


/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.4.EL/include/net/esp.h:49: `crypto_hmac_update' undeclared (first use in this function)
make[3]: *** [xfrm_algo.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.4.EL/net/xfrm'
make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.4.EL/net/xfrm'
make[1]: *** [_subdir_xfrm] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.0.4.EL/net'
make: *** [_dir_net] Error 2




This seems rather fundamental as if something has fundamentally changed
which I have missed.

I have been used to recompiling the kernel when using the old caldera distribution
and never had any problems so I assume I am doing something fundamentally wrong.
but without being able to recomp[ile I cannot fix problems.

Thanks for any light on this




Dr Rob C W Henderson
Department of Physics    Lancaster University
Telephone : 01524 593617