[ale] Stuck in 2.4.4 kernel compilation...

[Amarendra Godbole (Intl Vendor)]

> At this point, it sounds like you are going to need to start with a
> fresh untar of 2.4.4, NOT apply the patch, make [x|menu]config, make
> dep, make bzImage. Then make clean, patch, make 
> [x|menu]config to select
> the patched options, make dep, make bzImage. 
> 
> If the unpatched kernel compiles and the patched kernel 
> won't, then you
> know where the problem is :)

Righto, have been doing this with the unpatched kernel. But it refuses
to compile. As I am not familiar with the .config options, I did a make
oldconfig, which disabled the CONFIG_NETLINK option. If I compile the
kernel with the old configuration, it compiles and installs fine. But
when the machine boots into it, eth0 does not come up. And I am lost...
:)

...some search on Google told me that you need to enable the
CONFIG_NETLINK option for the interface code to be included, but
enabling this fails the compilation.

--amar

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