Re: [2.5.67] gen_rtc compile error

[Michael Buesch <freesoftwaredeveloper@web.de>]

On Tuesday 08 April 2003 20:37, Paweł Gołaszewski wrote:
> When I try to build my kernel I get:
>
> [...]
>
> My kernel configuration:
> http://piorun.ds.pg.gda.pl/~blues/config-2.5.67.txt

Battery status seems to be not available on all architectures.
(I don't know the reason for this.)
With this patch, it should compile (against 2.5.67):

--- drivers/char/genrtc.c.orig	2003-04-08 21:15:52.000000000 +0200
+++ drivers/char/genrtc.c	2003-04-08 21:17:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -486,7 +486,9 @@
 		     "update_IRQ\t: %s\n"
 		     "periodic_IRQ\t: %s\n"
 		     "periodic_freq\t: %ld\n"
+#ifdef RTC_BATT_BAD
 		     "batt_status\t: %s\n",
+#endif
 		     (flags & RTC_DST_EN) ? "yes" : "no",
 		     (flags & RTC_DM_BINARY) ? "no" : "yes",
 		     (flags & RTC_24H) ? "yes" : "no",
@@ -494,8 +496,11 @@
 		     (flags & RTC_AIE) ? "yes" : "no",
 		     irq_active ? "yes" : "no",
 		     (flags & RTC_PIE) ? "yes" : "no",
-		     0L /* freq */,
-		     (flags & RTC_BATT_BAD) ? "bad" : "okay");
+		     0L /* freq */
+#ifdef RTC_BATT_BAD
+		     ,(flags & RTC_BATT_BAD) ? "bad" : "okay")
+#endif
+		     ;
 	if (!get_rtc_pll(&pll))
 	    p += sprintf(p,
 			 "PLL adjustment\t: %d\n"


BUT: Is bat-state *really* not supported on all platforms?

Regards
Michael Buesch.