error during kernel compile

Hi,

I have been trying to compile the kernel but then it throws out the below error. I am compiling kernel 2.4.17 and have gcc 2.96. I am doing a
make mrproper
make menuconfig
make dep
make

Please let me know whats going wrong.

bash-2.05$ make
scripts/split-include include/linux/autoconf.h include/config gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -ffixed-r13 -mfixed-rangeñ0-f15,f32-f127 -falign-functions2 -mconstant-gp -c -o init/main.o init/main.c
In file included from /mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/pagemap.h:16,
from
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/locks.h:8,
from
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h:6,

                 from init/main.c:16:

/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/highmem.h: In function `clear_user_highpage':
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/highmem.h:49: too few arguments to function clear_user_page' /mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/highmem.h: In function copy_user_highpage':
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/highmem.h:91: too few arguments to function `copy_user_page'
In file included from /mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/irq.h:69,
from
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/asm/hardirq.h:12,
from
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/interrupt.h:45,
from
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/asm/smplock.h:6,
from
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/smp_lock.h:16,

                 from init/main.c:24:

/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/asm/hw_irq.h: In function `__ia64_irq_desc':
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/asm/hw_irq.h:94:
arithmetic on pointer to an incomplete type /mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/asm/hw_irq.h: At top level:
/mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/asm/hw_irq.h:122:
irq_desc' redeclared as different kind of symbol /mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/linux/irq.h:67: previous declaration of irq_desc' /mnt/ironman/Projects/Chetan/linux-2.4.17/include/asm/hw_irq.h:122:
warning: irq_desc' was declared extern' and later `static'
make: *** [init/main.o] Error 1

Thanks
Chetan

Is there a reason you can't use the latest kernel (2.4.19)?

Bjorn

I was trying to compile 2.4.19 without applying the patch. Now it compiles fine.

Thanks
Chetan