Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 8 Jan 2009 08:59:49 +0100 | | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | | Subject | Re: [Regression] Build failure in current mainline - firmware related |
On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 12:47:14PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I get the following error from 'make modules_install' on my test boxes:
>
> HOSTCC firmware/ihex2fw
> /home/rafael/src/linux-2.6/firmware/ihex2fw.c:268: fatal error: opening dependency file firmware/.ihex2fw.d: Read-only file system
> compilation terminated.
> make[3]: *** [firmware/ihex2fw] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [_modinst_post] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> where the configuration is that the kernel is compiled on a build box
> with 'make O=<destdir> -j5' and then <destdir> is mounted over NFS read-only by
> each test box (full path to this directory is the same on the build box and on
> the test boxes). Then, I cd into <destdir>, run 'make modules_install' and get
> the error above.
>
> 2.6.28 didn't have this problem.
Fix is in mainline now.
Sam
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