can't compile kernel 2.6.3

From: Mark McGlone (dmcglone_at_NOSPAM-REMOVEsan.rr.com)
Date: 02/22/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 00:49:51 GMT

I've been having trouble getting the 2.6 kernel to compile.
I was able to compile it once. But I found that I'd forgotten a
few things and had to recompile.

I did

     make mrproper
     make menuconfig (and reloaded my previous configuration
                      and made a few changes)
     make

     It churned along for a while then I got this error

          CC drivers/pci/pci.o
          CC drivers/pci/quirks.o
          HOSTCC drivers/pci/gen-devlist
          DEVLIST drivers/pci/devlist.h
          /bin/sh: line 1: cd: drivers/pci: No such file or directory
          /bin/sh: line 1: ./gen-devlist: No such file or directory
          make[2]: *** [drivers/pci/devlist.h] Error 127
          make[1]: *** [drivers/pci] Error 2
          make: *** [drivers] Error 2

I have no problem compiling my 2.4 kernel, and like I said I was able to
compile the 2.6 kernel once. I downloaded this as an rpm from
mirrors.kernel.org.

The directory structure of the source tree appears to be sound
with the required files present (drivers/pci exists, and so does
drivers/pci/gen-devlist).
I tried this a few weeks ago and had exactly the same result (a
slightly earlier version of the 2.6 kernel), except that time
I was never able to get successful compile at all.

I suppose the changes I made to the configuration broke
something somehow. Unfortunately, I can't remember exactly
what I changed. I've been trying to make slight changes to the
configuration and recompiling but it keeps happening.

I have removed and reinstalled the whole 2.6.3 source tree
several times now, but it doesn't help.

Anyone know what's going on?

thanks,

Mark McGlone

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