Re: Error when building kernel

"Bruce Dubbs" ([email protected] via alfs-discuss Mailing List) <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.lfs.automated
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On 9/17/23 02:10, Dragan ([email protected] via alfs-discuss Mailing List) wrote:
> On 17/09/2023 08:04, Pierre Labastie ([email protected] via alfs-discuss 
> Mailing List) wrote:
>> But error 124 is most likely due to a timeout, which most likely means your
>> kernel config is not up to date, and "make oldconfig" was waiting for some
>> input...
>> Previously, the build would have been stuck forever. Now it times out after a
>> minute.
>>
>> Pierre
> 
> Thanks. You were right!
> 
> I have wrongly assumed that I will get option to run make oldconfig in the shell and 
> then resume build of kernel!
> 
>      If the kernel-config file is not up to date (missing options or
>      whatever), the kernel "make" will hang, waiting for input. So
>      run "make oldconfig" explicitly, with a timeout.
>          Fixes: #1736

I'll note that I never try to build the kernel automatically.  There are just too 
many issues with 'make oldconfig' unless you are using a known good config file for 
the current kernel version.

   -- Bruce

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