Subject: Re: Kernel Issues (for CDR)
From: L T RUCINSKI (lrucinsk@stny.lrun.com)
Date: Mon Jan 31 2000 - 04:54:15 MST
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From: Stew Benedict <stewb@earthlink.net>
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Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 5:56 AM
Subject: Re: Kernel Issues (for CDR)
>
> You could also try getting the kernel from kernel.org and applying BenH's
> and Paulus' patches. Last time I tried rsync I had no luck either.
>
> Stew Benedict
>
> On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Phil Kirschner wrote:
>
> > When I commented out all the gmac.o stuff in the
> > drivers/net/Makefile, it went a little bit more when I tried to
> > compile, but came up eventually with another error. I think I am
> > just going to wait until the files are stable. Is there any way to
> > tell when that is?
> >
> > >At 1:10 PM -0600 1/30/00, Phil Kirschner wrote:
> > >>Hey, that's great. I will try re-rsyncing it, and if that does not
> > >>work, I will take out the gamc.o file. Will I have to modify
> > >>anything to do that? Or just delete it? And for future reference,
> > >>where would I have gone to find out what gmac.o was for anyway?
> > >
> > >
> > >No, the problem seems to be that the Makefile refers to a gmac.o,
> > >but there's no gmac.c to make a gmac.o from, so the build dies.
> > >Simply edit drivers/net/Makefile with your favorite text editor, and
> > >edit out any reference to gmac.o. Since your machine uses another
> > >Ethernet device (called bmac IIRC), this shouldn't cause you any
> > >problems. But it's possible that if you simply resync the sources
> > >things will work right.
> > >
> > >--
> > >Paul Schinder
> > >schinder@pobox.com
> >
> >
> > "Today's CS lecture will be conducted entirely through the medium of
> > interpretive dance."
> > -Something I've always wanted to hear but never will.
> >
>
>
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