Can't compile 2.6.13-15: can't find ioctl.h

[ppmoore]

Hello,

I've been running SuSE 10.1 for a few weeks. Everything OK, except that LAN speed is slow, when using SSH or SCP. So, I decided to download the latest kernel 2.6.13-15 from kernel.com.

After installing the sources, I did the following:

• backed up /boot/vmlinuz
• updated the /usr/src/linux symbolic link to point to /usr/src//src/linux-2.6.13-15/
• updated the /usr/include/linux, /usr/include/asm and /usr/include/scsi symbolic links to point to the respective directories in /usr/src/linux/include
• from /usr/src/linux, execute
  make mrproper
  make xconfig

I get the following error message:

HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
HOSTCC scripts/basic/docproc
CHECK qt
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o
sed < scripts/kconfig/lkc_proto.h > scripts/kconfig/lkc_defs.h 's/P(\([^,]*\),.*/#define \1 (\*\1_p)/'
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/kconfig_load.o
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.o
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/mconf.o
In file included from /usr/include/asm/ioctls.h:4,
from /usr/include/bits/ioctls.h:24,
from /usr/include/sys/ioctl.h:27,
from scripts/kconfig/mconf.c:11:
/usr/include/asm/ioctl.h:1:31: error: asm-generic/ioctl.h: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/mconf.o] Error 1
make: *** [xconfig] Error 2

Can anyone explain? I checked the web for this error, but it only appears to have been reported for extremely specific cases.

Many thanks

[antidrugue]

So, I decided to download the latest kernel 2.6.13-15 from kernel.com.

Hum... kernel 2.6.13-15 ? From kernel.com ?

I suggest you use the vanilla sources (the original) instead from kernel.org. Latest to this day is 2.6.18.1.

/usr/include/asm/ioctl.h:1:31: error: asm-generic/ioctl.h: No such file or directory

The problem here seems to be that your source is missing this specific file.