[parisc-linux] make menuconfig error in 2.4.19-pa3

[Robert Stanford]

Working from the top down in menuconfig the error happened while trying
to enter character devices (more at the end)

Using,
crosscompiler xc-20020118.tar.gz

on debian sid x86

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Kernel Version 2.4.19-pa3

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Menuconfig has encountered a possible error in one of the kernel's
configuration files and is unable to continue.  Here is the error
report:

 Q> scripts/Menuconfig: MCmenu30: command not found

Please report this to the maintainer <mec@shout.net>.  You may also
send a problem report to <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>.

Please indicate the kernel version you are trying to configure and
which menu you were trying to enter when this error occurred.

make: *** [menuconfig] Error 1

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.config file 


CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK=y
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_KMOD=y
CONFIG_PA8X00=y
CONFIG_PA20=y
CONFIG_PARISC64=y
CONFIG_SMP=y
CONFIG_CHASSIS_LCD_LED=y
CONFIG_KWDB=y
CONFIG_IOMMU_CCIO=y
CONFIG_GSC=y
CONFIG_GSC_LASI=y
CONFIG_GSC_WAX=y
CONFIG_EISA=y
CONFIG_ISA=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_GSC_DINO=y
CONFIG_PCI_LBA=y
CONFIG_IOSAPIC=y
CONFIG_IOMMU_SBA=y
CONFIG_SUPERIO=y
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_SOM=y
CONFIG_PARPORT=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_CML1=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_GSC=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
CONFIG_MD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y
CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=y
CONFIG_MD_RAID0=y
CONFIG_MD_RAID1=y
CONFIG_MD_RAID5=y
CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP=y
CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y
CONFIG_FILTER=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
CONFIG_IP_PNP=y
CONFIG_IP_PNP_DHCP=y
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
CONFIG_SD_EXTRA_DEVS=40
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
CONFIG_SR_EXTRA_DEVS=2
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y
CONFIG_SCSI_LASI700=y
CONFIG_53C700_MEM_MAPPED=y
CONFIG_53C700_LE_ON_BE=y
CONFIG_53C700_USE_CONSISTENT=y
CONFIG_SCSI_ZALON=y
CONFIG_ASK_ZALON=y
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX=y
CONFIG_ASK_SYM53C8XX=y
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_DEFAULT_TAGS=8
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_MAX_TAGS=32
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_SYNC=20
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_LASI_82596=y
CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
CONFIG_TULIP=y
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_GSC_PS2=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_GSC=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_JBD=y
CONFIG_RAMFS=y
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_V3=y
CONFIG_ROOT_NFS=y
CONFIG_NFSD=y
CONFIG_NFSD_V3=y
CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
CONFIG_LOCKD=y
CONFIG_LOCKD_V4=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1"
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FB_STI=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=y
CONFIG_FBCON_STI=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y
CONFIG_STI_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FBCON=y
CONFIG_FBCON_FONT=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y
CONFIG_FONT_6x11=y
CONFIG_FONT_SUN12x22=y
CONFIG_SOUND=y
CONFIG_SOUND_HARMONY=y
CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y

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And when running xconfig and trying to save the config I get

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Stack Trace for Error

zcan't read "CONFIG_MTD": no such variable
    while executing
"list $CONFIG_MTD"
    (procedure "writeconfig" line 1992)
    invoked from within
"writeconfig .config include/linux/autoconf.h"
    invoked from within
".f0.right.save invoke"
    ("uplevel" body line 1)
    invoked from within
"uplevel #0 [list $w invoke]"
    (procedure "tkButtonUp" line 7)
    invoked from within
"tkButtonUp .f0.right.save
"
    (command bound to event)

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When runing make config I get

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  Stallion multiport serial support (CONFIG_STALDRV) [N/y/?] 
  PDC software console support (CONFIG_PDC_CONSOLE) [Y/n/?] 
scripts/Configure: drivers/char/Config.in: line 121: syntax error near
unexpected token `fi'
scripts/Configure: drivers/char/Config.in: line 121: `fi'
*
HIL support
*
*
* Input support needed for HIL support
*
*
* Multimedia devices
*
Video For Linux (CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV) [N/y/m/?] 

and it continues ok and seems to save a complete .config

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make palo
gives 

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make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/source/linux/arch/parisc/tools'
make CFLAGS="-D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/source/linux/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common
-fomit-frame-pointer -D__linux__ -pipe -fno-strength-reduce
-mno-space-regs -mfast-indirect-calls -mdisable-fpregs
-ffunction-sections -march=2.0 -mschedule=8000 " -C  arch/parisc/kernel
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/source/linux/arch/parisc/kernel'
hppa64-linux-gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/source/linux/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common
-fomit-frame-pointer -D__linux__ -pipe -fno-strength-reduce
-mno-space-regs -mfast-indirect-calls -mdisable-fpregs
-ffunction-sections -march=2.0 -mschedule=8000   -nostdinc -I
/opt/palinux/lib/gcc-lib/hppa64-linux/3.0.3/include
-DKBUILD_BASENAME=cache  -c -o cache.o cache.c
hppa64-linux-gcc -D__ASSEMBLY__ -traditional -D__KERNEL__
-I/usr/src/source/linux/include  -c -o pacache.o pacache.S
hppa64-linux-gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/source/linux/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common
-fomit-frame-pointer -D__linux__ -pipe -fno-strength-reduce
-mno-space-regs -mfast-indirect-calls -mdisable-fpregs
-ffunction-sections -march=2.0 -mschedule=8000   -nostdinc -I
/opt/palinux/lib/gcc-lib/hppa64-linux/3.0.3/include
-DKBUILD_BASENAME=setup  -c -o setup.o setup.c
hppa64-linux-gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/source/linux/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common
-fomit-frame-pointer -D__linux__ -pipe -fno-strength-reduce
-mno-space-regs -mfast-indirect-calls -mdisable-fpregs
-ffunction-sections -march=2.0 -mschedule=8000   -nostdinc -I
/opt/palinux/lib/gcc-lib/hppa64-linux/3.0.3/include
-DKBUILD_BASENAME=traps  -c -o traps.o traps.c
traps.c:41:55: kdb/break.h: No such file or directory
traps.c:42:47: kdb/kgdb_types.h: No such file or directory
traps.c:43:60: kdb/save_state.h: No such file or directory
traps.c:44:76: kdb/kgdb_machine.h: No such file or directory
traps.c:45:53: kdb/trap.h: No such file or directory
traps.c: In function `handle_break':
traps.c:264: storage size of `ssp' isn't known
traps.c:289: `KGDB_BREAK_INSN' undeclared (first use in this function)
traps.c:289: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
traps.c:289: for each function it appears in.)
traps.c:291: warning: implicit declaration of function `pt_regs_to_ssp'
traps.c:292: warning: implicit declaration of function `kgdb_trap'
traps.c:292: `I_BRK_INST' undeclared (first use in this function)
traps.c:293: warning: implicit declaration of function `ssp_to_pt_regs'
traps.c:296: `KGDB_INIT_BREAK_INSN' undeclared (first use in this
function)
traps.c:264: warning: unused variable `ssp'
traps.c: In function `handle_interruption':
traps.c:474: storage size of `ssp' isn't known
traps.c:614: `I_TAKEN_BR' undeclared (first use in this function)
traps.c:474: warning: unused variable `ssp'
make[1]: *** [traps.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/source/linux/arch/parisc/kernel'
make: *** [_dir_arch/parisc/kernel] Error 2
rotapile:/usr/src/source/linux# make palo

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Robert Stanford