It might be because you didn't do a 'make mrproper' on a kernel tree
you've used before for a non-preempt build. As I understand it the
preempt patch effectively makes your kernel SMP - this changes the
architecture of the kernel so you need a 'make mrproper'.
make mrproper deletes your .config file so save that first if you
wanted it ;-)
Also you need a seperate modules directory - the preempt modules
aren't compatible with non-preempt. Edit the top level makefile and
put a suffix in.
BTW The preempt patch is working fine here too!
-- Nick Craig-Wood ncw@axis.demon.co.uk - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/