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kernel building for new drivers

 
Rick Garland
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kernel building for new drivers

Hi all:

Got a couple of RH 2.1 AS systems on Dell PowerEdge 1650 systems. I have having trouble compiling the kernel to include new drivers. What is happening:

make[6]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-e.3/drivers/scsi/isp'
make -C qla2xxx fastdep
make[6]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-e.3/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx'
make[6]: *** No rule to make target `fastdep'. Stop.
make[6]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-e.3/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx'
make[5]: *** [_sfdep_qla2xxx] Error 2
make[5]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-e.3/drivers/scsi'
make[4]: *** [fastdep] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-e.3/drivers/scsi'
make[3]: *** [_sfdep_scsi] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-e.3/drivers'
make[2]: *** [fastdep] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-e.3/drivers'
make[1]: *** [_sfdep_drivers] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-e.3'
make: *** [dep-files] Error 2


Why do I get the "No rule to make target `fastdep'. Stop."?

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Chakravarthi
Trusted Contributor

Re: kernel building for new drivers

You have selected the devices for which the files are not there in the source,,, try make menuconfig and remove them or select what all you require