Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Dunc <centos at duncb.co.uk> wrote: > >> Dunc wrote: >> >>> Hi Guys >>> >>> I'm trying to add the patch mentioned in this thread to the plain Centos >>> kernel >>> >>> http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2008-August/062845.html >>> >>> I've followed the directions on the wiki for building a custom kernel, but >>> after applying all the patches it fails with: >>> >>> make[1]: *** [nonint_oldconfig] Error 4 >>> make: *** [nonint_oldconfig] Error 2 >>> error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.74263 (%prep) >>> >>> RPM build errors: >>> Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.74263 (%prep) >>> >> Just to follow up on this, the patch meant nonint_oldconfig was expecting >> some more config options in the .config. >> >> I had to add: >> >> CONFIG_PATA_ISAPNP=n >> CONFIG_PATA_LEGACY=n >> CONFIG_PATA_QDI=n >> CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB=n >> >> to the base and PAE configs, and then the build continued. No idea if >> putting n was the right option, but I'm sure i'll find out when I run the >> kernel.. >> > > Hmm, that is odd. If you copy the config file from configs/ > directory, make nonint_oldconfig should run without any needing for > edit. > You would think that, but the configs in the config directory do not contain those options, and it wouldn't build without them. either way the build has just failed with: "make: *** [drivers] Error 2 + exit 1" any ideas? Dunc