Linux source compilation error

Many times when you start compiling Linux source code you come across following error,


[pritam@pritam-pc 2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64]$ sudo make
  CHK     include/linux/version.h
  CHK     include/linux/utsrelease.h
  SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-x86
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `missing-syscalls'.  Stop.
make: *** [prepare0] Error 2

    It is very likely that you are compiling set of header files when you hit this. To cross check do this,

[pritam@pritam-pc 2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64]$ find . -name *.h | wc -l   4606

[pritam@pritam-pc 2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64]$ find . -name *.c | wc -l

55

This is output of commands where compilation on headers files is tried. Second command has given only 55 files but it should have been much more (around 4500)

    Also check Makefile if it is pointing to correct source directory. Remember devel/header rpms get installed into /usr/src/kernels on some Linux distributions so this path will actually have header files only and result of this will be ABOVE error.  

Thanks,

Pritam

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