make-kpkg fails compiling on Ubuntu/GFS step

I had to recompile in order to solve my problem here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/247889

You don't need to recompile the whole kernel to get a patched driver. For example, to patch sis190.ko under 2.6.24 I just do:

1$ apt-get source linux-image-$(uname -r)
2$ cd linux-2.6.24
3$ cp /boot/config-$(uname -r) .config
  4 [ patch sis190.c ]
5$ make drivers/net/sis190.ko

and that's that.

Now, regarding the actual bug you're reporting, I've compiled previous versions of 2.6.27 without problems. Are you doing it "the Ubuntu way"? I do exactly the following

1$ wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux_2.6.27.orig.tar.gz
2$ wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux_2.6.27-7.13.diff.gz
3$ tar xzvf linux_2.6.27.orig.tar.gz
4$ patch -p0 < <(gunzip -c linux_2.6.27-7.13.diff.gz)
5$ cd linux-2.6.27
6$ chmod u+x debian/rules debian/scripts/misc/splitconfig.pl
7$ debian/rules updateconfigs
  8 [ patch things ]
9$ AUTOBUILD=1 NOEXTRAS=1 fakeroot debian/rules binary-generic

Note that steps 1-4 I do because I'm on Hardy. You should be able to use "apt-get source linux-image-$(uname -r)" instead. Step 6 I need to do for some reason.

This should produce the .deb files you need in order to install your kernel cleanly. Refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile for more info, especially the restricted modules which you may also want.

If you follow the procedure above, do you still get an error?

This is what I performed, from an Intrepid clean install:

    # apt-get source linux-source
    # apt-get build-dep linux-source
    # cd /usr/src/
    # tar xjf linux-source-2.6.27.tar.bz2
    # cd linux-source-2.6.27
    # cp /boot/config-2.6.27-7-generic .config
    # make-kpkg clean;
    # export CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=8
    # fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-infogerance kernel-image kernel-headers
    [...]
    ====== making target CONFIG-arch [new prereqs: stamp-arch-conf]======
    ====== making conf.vars because of Makefile .config ======
    Makefile:528: /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.27/arch/xen/Makefile: No such file or directory
    make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.27/arch/xen/Makefile'. Stop.
    make: *** [conf.vars] Error 2

Then I go and remove the Virtualisation at the root section of the config, and also the one in the "processors types and features" section options in the kernel configuration, and then save the conf into ".config".
Then:

    # make-kpkg clean;
    # fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-infogerance kernel-image kernel-headers

Well.. when i did it again, no GFS error...

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Same happens with Karmic, using both linux-source or Ubuntu git. 2.6.30..
Directory ubuntu/gfs/ simple doesn't exist.

Hello,
did following:
 mkdir ubuntu/gfs
 touch ubunut/gfs/Makefile
works.
Roland

Hello,

the correct patch for this issue is attached in bug #393768

Now we have to find someone, who applies...

 Roland "Test-tools" Bär

I'm going to mark this as a duplicate to bug 393768. Thanks.