RE: patch: linux-2.4.20 alpha broken cia(rev1) fix

[Folkert van Heusden]

> The attached patch fixes the initialization for CIA revision 1 chips
> that can be found on most Alcor machines. As it is impossible to boot
> such a box together with the Qlogic ISP SCSI controller without this
> patch I believe it is important to include it in the official kernel.

RH> Try this version instead.  Control structures should not be
RH> replicated in different functions like that.  It's a sure
RH> recipie for one of them getting out of sync.

I had problems compiling that one:

make[1]: Leaving directory `/data/src/linux-2.4.20/Documentation/DocBook'
gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -o
scripts/split-include scripts/split-include.c
make: *** No rule to make target `include/linux/autoconf.h', needed by
`include/config/MARKER'.  Stop.

which I find rather strange.
make dep ; make clean ; make boot modules modules_install
should take care of those dependencies, doesn't it?
<...>
Hmmm, for some reason include/linux/autoconf.h doesn't exist at all.
<...>
Oh, I see: I had to run make menuconfig & save the config for that.
That's odd. I just copied my old config to .config, thought that
would do the trick!

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