Error compiling linux kernel - unrecognized --silentoldconfig option

[hiketen]

I am following the instructions in the Embedded Linux Hands-on Tutorial and got stuck at step #3 in section 4.2.  The step #2 is successful with the following output :

make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi- xilinx_zynq_defconfig
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/conf.o
  SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c
  SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.lex.c
  SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.hash.c
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o
  HOSTLD  scripts/kconfig/conf
#
# configuration written to .config
#

The command in step #3 gives the following error :

make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi- scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig
make: unrecognized option '--silentoldconfig'
Usage: make [options] [target] ...
Options:

 

I am using ubuntu 14.04 LTS, with Xilinx SDK version 2015.1.   Please help!

 

 

[lijieming]

hi Hiketen,

The hands on tut has already a kind of "expired". after you

make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi- xilinx_zynq_defconfig

you can compile the kernel straightforward

make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-

[hiketen]

  I dropped the other arguments as per your suggestion and it compiles with no errors!

Thank You!