On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 6:01 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
On Fri, Feb 06, 2026 at 05:29:58PM +0530, Jeffrin Thalakkottoor wrote:
Build error related screenshot below.
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$make -j 4 DESCEND objtool DESCEND bpf/resolve_btfids INSTALL libsubcmd_headers INSTALL libbpf_headers INSTALL libsubcmd_headers make[5]: *** No rule to make target 'str_error.h', needed by '/home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/libbpf/staticobjs/libbpf.o'. Stop. make[4]: *** [Makefile:152: /home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/libbpf/staticobjs/libbpf-in.o] Error 2 make[3]: *** [Makefile:61: /home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids//libbpf/libbpf.a] Error 2 make[2]: *** [Makefile:76: bpf/resolve_btfids] Error 2 make[1]: *** [/home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/Makefile:1449: tools/bpf/resolve_btfids] Error 2 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2 -----------------------<screenshot>---------------------------
What .config causes this?
iam confused . but may be the attached config is now giving a clean compile
thanks