[linux-dvb] Re: make insmod error

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

René Bartsch wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've installed a fresh Redhat 7.2 (Kernel 2.4.7-10, complete installation (with all that 2,9 gigabytes)).
> 
> I've renamed gcc to gcc296 and linked gcc to gcc3 (to get rid of that buggy 2.96).
> 
> I've linked /usr/src/linux to /usr/src/linux-2.4.7.10.
> 
> I've copied kernel-2.4.7-i686.config from /usr/src/linux-2.4.7.10/configs to from /usr/src/linux-2.4.7.10/, started a make xconfig, loaded kernel-2.4.7-i686.config and saved.
> 
> Then I've downloaded tonight's 2.50 am CVS - snapshot. It compiled well, but when I tried a 'make insmod' it broke with the following message:
> 
> ./makedev.napi
> make
> make[1]: Wechsel in das Verzeichnis Verzeichnis »/usr/src/DVB/driver«

Gee, those German error messages are funny...

> DIR=`pwd`; (cd /usr/src/linux; make SUBDIRS=$DIR modules)
> make[2]: Wechsel in das Verzeichnis Verzeichnis »/usr/src/linux-2.4.7-10«
> make -C  /usr/src/DVB/driver CFLAGS="-D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.7-10/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Wno-unused -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.7-10/include/linux/modversions.h" MAKING_MODULES=1 modules
> make[3]: Wechsel in das Verzeichnis Verzeichnis »/usr/src/DVB/driver«
> make[3]: Für das Target »modules« gibt es nichts zu tun.
> make[3]: Verlassen des Verzeichnisses Verzeichnis »/usr/src/DVB/driver«
> make[2]: Verlassen des Verzeichnisses Verzeichnis »/usr/src/linux-2.4.7-10«
> 
> make[1]: Verlassen des Verzeichnisses Verzeichnis »/usr/src/DVB/driver«
> ( \
> insmod dvbdev.o; \
> insmod dvb_net.o;                \
> insmod i2c-core; \
> insmod videodev;  \
> insmod dvb_filter.o;                \
> insmod dmxdev.o;                \
> insmod VES1893.o;  \
> insmod VES1820.o;  \
> insmod L64781.o;  \
> insmod SP8870.o debug=1; \
> insmod tda8083.o;  \
> insmod stv0299.o;  \
> insmod tuner.o;   \
> insmod saa7146_core.o mode=0; \
> insmod saa7146_v4l.o;  \
> insmod dvb_demux.o;             \
> insmod dvb_frontend.o;           \
> insmod dvb.o init_chan=2 pids_off=0; \
> )
> Using /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/kernel/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.o
> Using /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/kernel/drivers/media/video/videodev.o
> /usr/src/linux/scripts/pathdown.sh: TOPDIR: parameter null or not set
> make: *** [insmod] Fehler 139
> 
> Can anyone help me, please?

Strange, this shouldn't happen, since the Makefile sets this variable.

Try

   export KERNEL_LOCATION=/usr/src/linux

before 'make insmod'. Does this change anything?

Klaus
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