patch kernel 2.4.21 (including the arm-linux patch rmk2) with the latest CVS snapshot

[Martin Donnelly]

On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 08:57, Tobias Arp wrote: 
> i tried to patch my arm linux kernel 2.4.21 (rmk2 patch) with the latest CVS snapshot. I had 
> follwing errors: 
>  
> 1. While making xconfig after patching the kernel (Options: Copy files, update fs) i had a 
> problem making xconfig. This kernel release seems not to support elif in Config-files. I 
> comment these lines out because they don't affect my configuration. After this it works. 
>  

Apply the two attached patches chips-config.patch to
'drivers/mtd/chips/Config.in' and nand-config.patch to
'drivers/mtd/nand/Config.in' which should sort out a couple of syntax
errors. e.g `cd linux-2.4.21; patch -p1 -i chips-config.patch`

Maybe someone can apply these to CVS?

> 2. I get some warnings and errors messages while make zImage: 
>  

<snip warnings>

> fs.c: In function `jffs2_gc_fetch_inode': 
> fs.c:550: warning: implicit declaration of function `ilookup' 
> fs.c:550: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast 
> fs/fs.o: In function `jffs2_gc_fetch_inode': 
> fs/fs.o(.text+0x61f10): undefined reference to `ilookup' 
> make: *** [vmlinux] Fehler 1 
>  
> Has someone made the same experience ? 

You need a patch to the kernel for this you can download it from
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@1.1136.44.19?nav=index.html|ChangeSet@-9M

HTH
-- 
Martin Donnelly