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Re: [PLUG] Linux 2.4.18 include file.
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'make menuconfig' fixes autoconf.h problem
Goodluck,
Naresh
On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Rahul Karnik wrote:
> >> When I try to compile Ethernet driver: fealnx.c, I
> >> found that linux/config.h is including
> >> linux/autoconf.h. But autoconf.h is not in 2.4.18.
> >> What is going on? What file autoconf.h become to?
> >
> > That's because the source you downloaded from ftp.linux.com is
> > presuming that your C compiler can build a kernel. RedHat's gcc(1)
> > default one can't. Use kgcc.
>
> Bzzzzzt!!! RedHat's gcc (2.96-something) in 7.3 definitely compiles the
> linux kernel. In fact, kgcc was only needed in 7.0 (and perhaps 7.1). 10
> bucks says kgcc will fail at the same point, and so will gcc 2.95-3/3.1/3.2
> (official versions).
>
> Did you do "make menuconfig", followed by "make dep"? autoconf.h is
> generated by one of these, not sure which. Also, are you using the in-kernel
> fealnx.c and enabling it "make menuconfig" or trying to compile a driver
> downloaded from somewhere else?
>
> -Rahul
>
>
>
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