What distro are you using? Have you tried compiling a fresh downloaded kernel? (as opposed to a patched kernel) Munir Nassar wrote: > > i tried to compile the 2.4.2 kernel at the installfest > and i got compiler errors, i thought it was my machine > that had problems so i tried to compile on a diferent > machine and i got exactly the same error, i have > attached the error message and i one of you would be > kind enough to take a look at it i would very much > appreciate it... > > -munir > > ===== > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.12 > GAT GIT dpu- s:- a19 C++ UL P+ L+(++) E--- W+ N+ w(--) K? O-- M- V- PS+ PE-(--) Y-- PGP-(---) t 5+++ X R tv-- b+++ D++ DI++ G e+ h+() r- y+ UF++ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/root/linux-2.4.2/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -malign-functions=4 -c -o init/main.o init/main.c > In file included from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/irq.h:57, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/asm/hardirq.h:6, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/interrupt.h:45, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/asm/string.h:296, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/string.h:21, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/fs.h:23, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/capability.h:17, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/binfmts.h:5, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/sched.h:9, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/mm.h:4, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/slab.h:14, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/proc_fs.h:5, > from init/main.c:15: > /root/linux-2.4.2/include/asm/hw_irq.h: In function `x86_do_profile': > /root/linux-2.4.2/include/asm/hw_irq.h:198: `current' undeclared (first use in this function) > /root/linux-2.4.2/include/asm/hw_irq.h:198: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once > /root/linux-2.4.2/include/asm/hw_irq.h:198: for each function it appears in.) > In file included from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/asm/string.h:296, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/string.h:21, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/fs.h:23, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/capability.h:17, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/binfmts.h:5, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/sched.h:9, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/mm.h:4, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/slab.h:14, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/proc_fs.h:5, > from init/main.c:15: > /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/interrupt.h: In function `raise_softirq': > /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/interrupt.h:89: `current' undeclared (first use in this function) > /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/interrupt.h: In function `tasklet_schedule': > /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/interrupt.h:160: `current' undeclared (first use in this function) > /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/interrupt.h: In function `tasklet_hi_schedule': > /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/interrupt.h:174: `current' undeclared (first use in this function) > In file included from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/string.h:21, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/fs.h:23, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/capability.h:17, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/binfmts.h:5, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/sched.h:9, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/mm.h:4, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/slab.h:14, > from /root/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/proc_fs.h:5, > from init/main.c:15: > /root/linux-2.4.2/include/asm/string.h: In function `__constant_memcpy3d': > /root/linux-2.4.2/include/asm/string.h:305: `current' undeclared (first use in this function) > /root/linux-2.4.2/include/asm/string.h: In function `__memcpy3d': > /root/linux-2.4.2/include/asm/string.h:312: `current' undeclared (first use in this function) > make: *** [init/main.o] Error 1