Can't compile 2.6.13-15: can't find ioctl.h

ppmoore · 10-21-2006, 07:10 AM

Hello,

I've been running SuSE 10.1 for a few weeks. Everything OK, except that LAN speed is slow, when using SSH or SCP. So, I decided to download the latest kernel 2.6.13-15 from kernel.com.

After installing the sources, I did the following:

backed up /boot/vmlinuz
updated the /usr/src/linux symbolic link to point to /usr/src//src/linux-2.6.13-15/
updated the /usr/include/linux, /usr/include/asm and /usr/include/scsi symbolic links to point to the respective directories in /usr/src/linux/include
from /usr/src/linux, execute
make mrproper
make xconfig

I get the following error message:

HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
HOSTCC scripts/basic/docproc
CHECK qt
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o
sed < scripts/kconfig/lkc_proto.h > scripts/kconfig/lkc_defs.h 's/P(\([^,]*\),.*/#define \1 (\*\1_p)/'
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/kconfig_load.o
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.o
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/mconf.o
In file included from /usr/include/asm/ioctls.h:4,
from /usr/include/bits/ioctls.h:24,
from /usr/include/sys/ioctl.h:27,
from scripts/kconfig/mconf.c:11:
/usr/include/asm/ioctl.h:1:31: error: asm-generic/ioctl.h: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/mconf.o] Error 1
make: *** [xconfig] Error 2

Can anyone explain? I checked the web for this error, but it only appears to have been reported for extremely specific cases.

Many thanks

Penguin of Wonder · 10-22-2006, 12:44 AM

Have you tried "make menuconfig"? And are you running these commands as root or user?

ppmoore · 10-23-2006, 03:52 AM

Thanks for the reply. In the end, I simply copied the file from elsewhere in the source code path into the directory where the make procedure expected to find it.

Paul

Penguin of Wonder · 10-23-2006, 09:47 AM

Either way I'm glad you got it worked out. Good luck with the rest of your kernel config and install!