Build error - vmlinux.lds [Re: linux-next: Tree for Jun 18]

Sachin Kamat sachin.kamat at samsung.com
Wed Jun 18 20:40:10 PDT 2014


On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux at arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 05:38:14PM +0530, Sachin Kamat wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
>> <linux at arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 04:50:43PM +0530, Sachin Kamat wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I observe the following build error while building uImage for ARM.
>> >>
>> >>   Kernel: arch/arm/boot/Image is ready
>> >> make[2]: *** No rule to make target
>> >> `arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds', needed by
>> >> `arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux'.  Stop.
>> >> make[1]: *** [arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2
>> >> make: *** [uImage] Error 2
>> >
>> > Works fine here against an empty object tree:
>> >
>> > http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/build/file.php?lid=9591
>> >
>> > Are you building into an already-built object tree or rebuilding an
>> > already built tree?
>>
>> I did a clean build after updating the tree to next-20140618.
>> git status show me the following after doing make clean
>>
>> # On branch master
>> # Changes not staged for commit:
>> #   (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
>> #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
>> #
>> #    deleted:    arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
>>
>>
>> My tip of kernel points to commit 4ca1fbc122fcb ("Add linux-next specific
>> files for 20140618")
>>
>> >
>> > This is likely caused by make getting confused over the dependencies.
>> > I suggest making clean to recover from this error.
>>
>> I get this error when I do a clean build too.
>
> Hmm.  Please try removing vmlinux.lds.S from extra-y in
> arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile and restoring the deleted file.

The above steps work for me. I do not get the aforementioned build
error now.

Thanks.

Regards,
Sachin



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