Kernel 4.6 ln missing file operand

[JohnnySSH]

Hi, I'm trying to update my drivers to work with kernel 4.6 but I am running into an issue with a complaint about the "ln" command.

Update process is per documentation:

cd media git remote update git pull cd ../media_build git remote update git pull make distclean make

Getting response:

Applying patches for kernel 4.6.2-1-ARCH patch -s -f -N -p1 -i ../backports/api_version.patch 2 out of 2 hunks FAILED 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED make[2]: *** [Makefile:138: apply_patches] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/htpc/Downloads/tbs-opensource/media_build/linux' Preparing to compile for kernel version 4.6.2

_WARNING:_ You do not have the full kernel sources installed. This does not prevent you from building the v4l-dvb tree if you have the kernel headers, but the full kernel source may be required in order to use make menuconfig / xconfig / qconfig.

If you are experiencing problems building the v4l-dvb tree, please try building against a vanilla kernel before reporting a bug.

Vanilla kernels are available at http://kernel.org. On most distros, this will compile a newly downloaded kernel:

cp /boot/config-uname -r /.config cd make all modules_install install

Please see your distro's web site for instructions to build a new kernel.

WARNING: This is the V4L/DVB backport tree, with experimental drivers backported to run on legacy kernels from the development tree at: http://git.linuxtv.org/media-tree.git. It is generally safe to use it for testing a new driver or feature, but its usage on production environments is risky. Don't use it in production. You've been warned. Created default (all yes) .config file ./scripts/make_myconfig.pl perl scripts/make_config_compat.pl /lib/modules/4.6.2-1-ARCH/build ./.myconfig ./config-compat.h creating symbolic links... ln: missing file operand Try 'ln --help' for more information. make[1]: *** [Makefile:261: links] Error 123 make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/htpc/Downloads/tbs-opensource/media_build/v4l' make: *** [Makefile:26: all] Error 2

If it's something to do with Kernel headers I'll check that I have them installed as I have been building fine for a while now with previous kernels, so maybe something hasn't properly got updated yet??

[ljalves]

Try with a full clean - before the "make distclean", also do:

make clean make dir DIR=../media make distclean make

[JohnnySSH]

So I ran this:

cd media git remote update git pull cd ../media_build git remote update git pull make clean make dir DIR=../media make distclean make

and I still get same issue:

rm -f ~ *.o *.ko ..o.cmd ..ko.cmd *.mod.c av7110_firm.h fdump
config-compat.h Module.symvers Module.markers modules.order
*.unsigned ..ko.unsigned.cmd make -C firmware clean make[2]: Entering directory '/home/htpc/Downloads/tbs-opensource/media_build/v4l/firmware' rm -f ihex2fw rm -f vicam/firmware.fw ttusb-budget/dspbootcode.bin cpia2/stv0672_vp4.bin av7110/bootcode.bin make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/htpc/Downloads/tbs-opensource/media_build/v4l/firmware' rm -f .version ..o.flags ..o.d .mod.gcno Makefile.media
Kconfig Kconfig.kern .config .config.cmd .myconfig
.kconfig.dep rm -rf .tmp_versions .tmp.ver .tmp_.o ._.gcno rm -f scripts/lxdialog scripts/kconfig make -C firmware distclean make[2]: Entering directory '/home/htpc/Downloads/tbs-opensource/media_build/v4l/firmware' rm -f ihex2fw rm -f vicam/firmware.fw ttusb-budget/dspbootcode.bin cpia2/stv0672_vp4.bin av7110/bootcode.bin for i in av7110/ cpia2/ ttusb-budget/ vicam/; do if [ -d $i ]; then rm -rf $i; fi; done make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/htpc/Downloads/tbs-opensource/media_build/v4l/firmware' make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/htpc/Downloads/tbs-opensource/media_build/v4l' make -C /home/htpc/Downloads/tbs-opensource/media_build/v4l make[1]: Entering directory '/home/htpc/Downloads/tbs-opensource/media_build/v4l' No version yet, using 4.6.2-1-ARCH scripts/make_makefile.pl Updating/Creating .config make[2]: Entering directory '/home/htpc/Downloads/tbs-opensource/media_build/linux' Syncing with dir ../../media Applying patches for kernel 4.6.2-1-ARCH patch -s -f -N -p1 -i ../backports/api_version.patch 2 out of 2 hunks FAILED 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED make[2]: *** [Makefile:138: apply_patches] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/htpc/Downloads/tbs-opensource/media_build/linux' Preparing to compile for kernel version 4.6.2

_WARNING:_ You do not have the full kernel sources installed. This does not prevent you from building the v4l-dvb tree if you have the kernel headers, but the full kernel source may be required in order to use make menuconfig / xconfig / qconfig.

If you are experiencing problems building the v4l-dvb tree, please try building against a vanilla kernel before reporting a bug.

Vanilla kernels are available at http://kernel.org. On most distros, this will compile a newly downloaded kernel:

cp /boot/config-uname -r /.config cd make all modules_install install

Please see your distro's web site for instructions to build a new kernel.

WARNING: This is the V4L/DVB backport tree, with experimental drivers backported to run on legacy kernels from the development tree at: http://git.linuxtv.org/media-tree.git. It is generally safe to use it for testing a new driver or feature, but its usage on production environments is risky. Don't use it in production. You've been warned. Created default (all yes) .config file ./scripts/make_myconfig.pl perl scripts/make_config_compat.pl /lib/modules/4.6.2-1-ARCH/build ./.myconfig ./config-compat.h creating symbolic links... ln: missing file operand Try 'ln --help' for more information. make[1]: *** [Makefile:261: links] Error 123 make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/htpc/Downloads/tbs-opensource/media_build/v4l' make: *** [Makefile:26: all] Error 2

[JohnnySSH]

Any update on this as the TBS drivers are still not building??

[JohnnySSH]

Well... I found a solution though it wasn't through updating the source but cleaning out the tbs-opensource/ directory then following the instructions here:

https://github.com/ljalves/linux_media/wiki/Installating

then it built without any issues.....