cracking winmodem issues pt 2: error messages - ?solution?

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 23 July 2004 17:13, Art Ped wrote:
>Original problem:
>Building the winmodem slmodem-2.9.9 driver in kernel 2.6.6-x and
> kernel 2.6.5-x
>
>(Thanks James)
>It all sounds very easy, and should be, but I am getting many many
> error messages when trying the build the new kernel (once I type in
> make menuconfig). So near and yet so far... if only the new kernel
> installed alright. I used up2date a few days ago to upgrade the
> kernel to 2.6.6-1.435.2.3 - could that have messed things up?
> Anyway, I booted up in the old kernel 2.6.5 and then tried using a
> patch from kernel.org but all it says is Current kernel version is
> 2.6.5 and doesn't go on to do anything else. It is all very
> confusing as I think I'm doing everything right... I'm worrying
> that I've been making some schoolboy errors.
>
>What is the easiest way of compiling a new kernel? I've tried the
> bog-standard method of unpacking the linux-2.6.7.tar.bz2 file,
> doing cd linux-2.6.7, and then typing make clean && make mrproper.
> As I said, it screws up on the make oldconfig   or      make
> menuconfig line.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>
Did you move an older .config in from an older kernel?  You should, 
and then a 'make oldconfig' will proceed to update it, by asking you 
questions if required.
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