make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2 make[1]: *** [all] Error 2

Question

I tried to install MADWIFI on my OpenMediaVault-Server. Any more information needed?

I get this error, every time i enter make:

root@NAS2024:/media/5703066A59887FF7/Dsys/madwifi-0.9.4# make
Checking requirements... ok.
Checking kernel configuration... ok.
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-amd64/build SUBDIRS=/media/5703066A59887FF7/Dsys/madwifi-0.9.4 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-amd64'
  CC [M]  /media/5703066A59887FF7/Dsys/madwifi-0.9.4/ath/if_ath.o
/media/5703066A59887FF7/Dsys/madwifi-0.9.4/ath/if_ath.c:1: error: bad value (armv4) for -march= switch
make[5]: *** [/media/5703066A59887FF7/Dsys/madwifi-0.9.4/ath/if_ath.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** [/media/5703066A59887FF7/Dsys/madwifi-0.9.4/ath] Error 2
make[3]: *** [_module_/media/5703066A59887FF7/Dsys/madwifi-0.9.4] Error 2
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-amd64'
make: *** [modules] Fehler 2

Why has this error occured?

Answer 1

Take a look at the details on how to cross compile the MadWifi drivers for other architectures. Such as in your case you're attempting to compile for ARM4, though perhaps not intentionally.

• http://madwifi-project.org/svn/madwifi/branches/madwifi-0.9.4/INSTALL

excerpt

Cross-compiling

The build system is designed to support cross-compiling without any modification to the distribution files. It should be sufficient to specify any parameters on the make command line.

In most cases, only KERNELPATH and CROSS_COMPILE need to be defined. CROSS_COMPILE is the prefix for cross-compiling tools. For instance, if the cross compiler is called arm-linux-gcc, set CROSS_COMPILE to "arm-linux-":

    $ make KERNELPATH=/usr/src/linux-arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-

The build system determines ARCH and TARGET based on the .config file in the Linux build tree. TARGET still may need to be provided on the command line some uncommon systems. If ARCH is determined incorrectly, please report it.