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From: Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel build failing on new install
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 08:54:55
Message-Id: 2552528.mvXUDI8C0e@lenovo.localdomain
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel build failing on new install by "J. Roeleveld"
1 On Tuesday, 13 October 2020 08:08:33 BST J. Roeleveld wrote:
2 > On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 3:04:33 AM CEST Walter Dnes wrote:
3 > > I'm near the tail-end of an install, trying to build the kernel.
4 > >
5 > > "make" gets an error as follows. Any ideas?
6 > >
7 > > (chroot) livecd /usr/src/linux # make
8 > >
9 > > CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh
10 > > CALL scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh
11 > > DESCEND objtool
12 > > CHK include/generated/compile.h
13 > > CHK kernel/kheaders_data.tar.xz
14 > > GEN kernel/kheaders_data.tar.xz
15 > >
16 > > make[1]: *** [kernel/Makefile:133: kernel/kheaders_data.tar.xz] Error 127
17 > > make: *** [Makefile:1729: kernel] Error 2
18 >
19 > Try disabling CONFIG_IKHEADERS in your kernel config.
20 > I have it disabled on my system.
21 >
22 > --
23 > Joost
24
25 In kernel headers are typically used on OSs which do not have kernel headers
26 in their filesystem, like Android on embedded devices. I'm not sure it would
27 be required on a desktop/server PC, unless some special requirements dictate
28 it to be so.

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