fc4 2.6.11-1 kernel compile issue (diskless target)

[haxorwear]

Hi,

I'm building a kernel for a diskless slave node as part of a beowulf cluster I'm working on. I've stripped the kernel down a bit by removing things that I know I won't need, but I'm running into an issue during the compile. The build appears to bomb out when building the diskdump block device...

Important notes:
Kernel is kernel-2.6.11 from kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.src.rpm

I did the standard source install --

rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.src.rpm
rpmbuild -bp --target=noarch  /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/kernel-2.6.spec
mv /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.11 /usr/src/kernels/kernel-2.6.11

I ran through make menuconfig and modified the config as needed for my systems. The changes I made are listed below:

general --> check optimize for size
loadable module support --> uncheck all
processor type and features --> processor family --> change to p4/xeon
processor type and features --> uncheck toshiba & dell laptop support
power management options --> uncheck power management support
power management options --> cpu frequency scaling --> uncheck cpu frequency scaling
Device Drivers --> Block Devices --> uncheck Normal Floppy Disk Support and Parallel Port IDE Device Support
Device Drivers --> ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL Support --> uncheck Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL disk/cdrom/tape/floppy support
Device Drivers --> Multi Device Support (RAID and LVM) --> uncheck Multiple devices driver support (RAID and LVM)

I'm getting an error when I do 'make bzImage' as follows:

  CC      drivers/block/diskdump.o
drivers/block/diskdump.c: In function ‘start_disk_dump’:
drivers/block/diskdump.c:491: error: ‘__this_module’ undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/block/diskdump.c:491: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
drivers/block/diskdump.c:491: error: for each function it appears in.)
drivers/block/diskdump.c:491: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/block/diskdump.c:491: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/block/diskdump.c: In function ‘register_disk_dump_device’:
drivers/block/diskdump.c:947: error: ‘__this_module’ undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/block/diskdump.c:947: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/block/diskdump.c:947: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/block/diskdump.c: In function ‘unregister_disk_dump_device’:
drivers/block/diskdump.c:959: error: ‘__this_module’ undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/block/diskdump.c:959: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/block/diskdump.c:959: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/block/diskdump.c: In function ‘register_disk_dump_type’:
drivers/block/diskdump.c:980: error: ‘__this_module’ undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/block/diskdump.c:980: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/block/diskdump.c:980: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/block/diskdump.c: In function ‘unregister_disk_dump_type’:
drivers/block/diskdump.c:992: error: ‘__this_module’ undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/block/diskdump.c:992: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/block/diskdump.c:992: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/block/diskdump.c: In function ‘init_diskdump’:
drivers/block/diskdump.c:1090: error: ‘__this_module’ undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/block/diskdump.c:1090: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
drivers/block/diskdump.c:1090: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
make[2]: *** [drivers/block/diskdump.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [drivers/block] Error 2
make: *** [drivers] Error 2

My .config and build log are located at www.haxorwear.com/buildinfo/. Any help would be much appreciated. I don't think anything is disabled that would affect this, but I also cannot find any patches online or references to this particular error condition for this diskdump.c sourcefile. Hopefully someone else has run into this previously and might shed some insight into my situation.

-Tim

[haxorwear]

Since nobody else has commented, I'll say what worked for me...

Apparently 2.6.13.2 downloaded from kernel.org will compile fine using similar options, so one can deduce that something is wrong with the source or 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.src.rpm distributable.

-Tim

[bmamine]

Hy Tim please can you take me a link for creating a kernel for diskless computer?
thinks