kernel compile error

[Mark McGlone]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 08:25:04PM -0600, Jeff Vian wrote:
> Mark McGlone wrote:
> 
> >I was able to compile the 2.6 kernel once.
> >
> >But I found that I'd forgotten a few things and had to recompile.
> >
> >I did
> >
> >    make mrproper
> >    make menuconfig (and reloaded my previous configuration)
> >    make
> >
> >It churned along for a while then I got this error
> >
> >      CC      drivers/pci/pci.o
> >      CC      drivers/pci/quirks.o
> >      HOSTCC  drivers/pci/gen-devlist
> >      DEVLIST drivers/pci/devlist.h
> >    /bin/sh: line 1: cd: drivers/pci: No such file or directory
> >    /bin/sh: line 1: ./gen-devlist: No such file or directory
> >    make[2]: *** [drivers/pci/devlist.h] Error 127
> >    make[1]: *** [drivers/pci] Error 2
> >    make: *** [drivers] Error 2
> >
> >I have no problem comiling my 2.4 kernel, and like I said I was able to 
> >compile
> >the 2.6 kernel once. I downloaded this as an rpm from mirrors.kernel.org.
> >
> > 
> >
> do drivers/pci and drivers/pci/gen-devlist  exist in your kernel tree???


Yes, they do. 

gen-devlist appears to be generated as make occurs, and somehow, it
does get created, though I still get that error ending the make.
devlist.h, which I guess is generated by gen-devlist, does not exist.