RH 9 kernel compile error

Sorry for the newbie question.
I'm trying some new megaraid drivers so I have to recompile. For RH9, in the /usr/src/linux-2.4/ directory, I used:

# cp configs/kernel-2.4.20-i686.config .config
# make rpm

During the recompile I get an error:
I have 2.4.20-18.9 and 2.4.20-6 installed and get the error for both versions. Any ideas?
-eric wood

gcc -D_KERNEL_ -I/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.4.2018.9custom/include -Wall
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Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomi
t-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -nostdinc -
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fix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=oprofile_stats -c -o ../../../drivers/oprofile/oprofile_stats.o ../../../drivers/oprofile/oprofile_stats.c ../../../drivers/oprofile/oprofile_stats.c: In function `oprofile_reset_stats':
../../../drivers/oprofile/oprofile_stats.c:25: warning: implicit declaration of function `cpu_possible'
rm -f oprofile.o
ld -m elf_i386 -r -o oprofile.o init.o timer_int.o ../../../drivers/oprofile/oprof.o ../../../drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.o ../../../drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.o ../../../drivers/oprofile/event_buffer.o ../../../drivers/oprofile/oprofile_files.o ../../../drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.o ../../../drivers/oprofile/oprofile_stats.o ../../../drivers/oprofile/event_buffer.o(.text+0x0): In function `dcookie_register':

../../../drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.o(.text+0x0): first defined here ../../../drivers/oprofile/event_buffer.o(.text+0x10): In function `dcookie_unregister':

../../../drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.o(.text+0x10): first defined here make[3]: *** [oprofile.o] Error 1

Try doing a make mrproper or make clean first. That has helped me compile redhat kernels. After mrproper, have to copy the .config again, make menuconfig (or maybe oldconfig would work),
then: make dep bzImage modules

I have never used rpm target...but I imagine it works :)

Ben

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Overall yes. As long as you:

# make mrproper `/bin/cp configs/kernel-2.4.20-i686.config .config`
oldconfig dep clean rpm

The resulting rpm file seems to always be built for i386 even though you're using a 686 .config file. It looks like kerne.spec file which is generated from "scripts/mkspec" neglects to issue an arch. Or you have to edit the Makefile and slip in a "--target=i686" or "--target=athlon" like so:

$(RPM) -ta --target=i686 $(TOPDIR)/../$(KERNELPATH).tar.gz ; \

before you do the build.
-eric