[ofa-general] Re: error installing ofed_1.2-rc2 on RHEL5

[Doug Ledford]

Suresh Shelvapille wrote:
> After some digging around on the net figured out that the "error" actually meant
> no "c" program would compile when supplied with the same arguments as found on
> the error line in "config.log".
> 
> In my case it happens to be: 
> gcc -m32 -g -O2 -L/usr/lib -I../libibverbs/include -L. conftest.c  >&5
> 
> the -m32 instread of -m64 seems to be the culprit!
> 
> Looking at the configure file and running /usr/bin/file on the xxx.o seems to yield
> 64_bit though....
> 
> Any ideas.....

This means you haven't installed the 32 bit version of gcc, yet 
./configure is attempting to use it.  Install the 32 bit gcc (and other 
associated rpms necessary to support 32 bit devel on your 64 bit 
machine) and it should work fine then.

> Many thanks in advance,
> Suri
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Suresh Shelvapille [mailto:suri at baymicrosystems.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:41 AM
>> To: 'general at lists.openfabrics.org'
>> Cc: 'Doug Ledford'
>> Subject: error installing ofed_1.2-rc2 on RHEL5
>>
>> Folks:
>>
>> I just upgraded my system to RHEL5 and tried to install ofed_1.2-rc2.tgz
>> (dated 18-April) and am getting errors. I picked the basic install+defaults for
>> All selections.
>>
>> uname -a prints:
>> Linux ib-interop1host 2.6.18-8.el5 #1 SMP Fri Jan 26 14:15:14 EST 2007 x86_64
>> x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>>
>> Here is a partial output from the log file:
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> cd /var/tmp/OFEDRPM/BUILD/ofa_user-1.2/src/userspace/libibverbs
>> Running: env ac_cv_lib_ibverbs_ibv_get_device_list=yes ac_cv_header_infiniband_driver_h=yes
>> ac_cv_func_ibv_read_sysfs_file=yes ac_cv_func_ibv_dontfork_range=yes ac_cv_func_ibv_dofork_range=yes
>> ac_cv_func_ibv_register_driver=yes HAVE_IBV_DEVICE_LIBRARY_EXTENSION_TRUE=yes  ./configure --cache-
>> file=/var/tmp/OFEDRPM/BUILD/ofa_user-1.2/configure.cache --disable-libcheck --prefix /usr --libdir
>> /usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --sysconfdir=/etc CPPFLAGS="-I../libibverbs/include"
>> configure: creating cache /var/tmp/OFEDRPM/BUILD/ofa_user-1.2/configure.cache
>> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
>> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
>> checking for gawk... gawk
>> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
>> checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>> checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>> checking for style of include used by make... GNU
>> checking for gcc... gcc
>> checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create
>> executables
>> See `config.log' for more details.
>> Failed to execute: cd /var/tmp/OFEDRPM/BUILD/ofa_user-1.2/src/userspace/libibverbs && env
>> ac_cv_lib_ibverbs_ibv_get_device_list=yes ac_cv_header_infiniband_driver_h=yes
>> ac_cv_func_ibv_read_sysfs_file=yes ac_cv_func_ibv_dontfork_range=yes ac_cv_func_ibv_dofork_range=yes
>> ac_cv_func_ibv_register_driver=yes HAVE_IBV_DEVICE_LIBRARY_EXTENSION_TRUE=yes  ./configure --cache-
>> file=/var/tmp/OFEDRPM/BUILD/ofa_user-1.2/configure.cache --disable-libcheck --prefix /usr --libdir
>> /usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --sysconfdir=/etc CPPFLAGS="-I../libibverbs/include"
>> error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.58894 (%install)
>>
>>
>> RPM build errors:
>>     user vlad does not exist - using root
>>     group vlad does not exist - using root
>>     user vlad does not exist - using root
>>     group vlad does not exist - using root
>>     Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.58894 (%install)
>> ERROR: Failed executing "rpmbuild --rebuild --define '_topdir /var/tmp/OFEDRPM' --define '_prefix
>> /usr' --define 'build_root /var/tmp/OFED' --define 'configure_options --with-libcxgb3 --with-libibcm
>> --with-libibverbs --with-libipathverbs --with-libmthca --with-librdmacm --with-mstflint --with-
>> perftest --sysconfdir=/etc --mandir=/usr/share/man' --define 'configure_options32 --with-libcxgb3 --
>> with-libibcm --with-libibverbs --with-libipathverbs --with-libmthca --with-librdmacm --
>> sysconfdir=/etc --mandir=/usr/share/man' --define 'build_32bit 1' --define '_mandir /usr/share/man'
>> /root/ofed_1.2/OFED-1.2-rc2/SRPMS/ofa_user-1.2-rc2.src.rpm"
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> Is the "unknown-linux-gnu" against host linux the problem?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Suri
> 


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