ALSA (CVS) doesn't compile on recent linux (alsa-driver)

ALSA (CVS) doesn't compile on recent linux (alsa-driver)

[Carlo Wood]

gcc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE=1 -I/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/include  -I/lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build/include -O2 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon -I/lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build/include/asm-i386/mach-default -DLINUX -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -DALSA_BUILD  -DKBUILD_BASENAME=serialmidi   -c -o serialmidi.o serialmidi.c
serialmidi.c:46: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `EXPORT_NO_SYMBOLS'
serialmidi.c:46: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
serialmidi.c: In function `open_tty':
serialmidi.c:139: warning: passing arg 2 of `set_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c:153: request for member `set_termios' in something not a structure or union
serialmidi.c:218: request for member `set_termios' in something not a structure or union
serialmidi.c:234: warning: passing arg 2 of `set_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c: In function `close_tty':
serialmidi.c:255: warning: passing arg 2 of `clear_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c:256: warning: passing arg 2 of `constant_test_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c:256: warning: passing arg 2 of `variable_test_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c: In function `ldisc_receive_buf':
serialmidi.c:283: warning: passing arg 2 of `constant_test_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c:283: warning: passing arg 2 of `variable_test_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c: In function `tx_loop':
serialmidi.c:298: request for member `write_room' in something not a structure or union
serialmidi.c:306: request for member `write' in something not a structure or union
serialmidi.c: In function `snd_serialmidi_output_trigger':
serialmidi.c:328: warning: passing arg 2 of `set_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c:333: warning: passing arg 2 of `clear_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c: In function `snd_serialmidi_input_trigger':
serialmidi.c:342: warning: passing arg 2 of `set_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c:344: warning: passing arg 2 of `clear_bit' from incompatible pointer type
make[1]: *** [serialmidi.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/drivers'
make: *** [compile] Error 1

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Re: ALSA (CVS) doesn't compile on recent linux (alsa-driver)

[Takashi Iwai]

known bug.

for compiling on 2.5/2.6 kernels, try to copy the files in alsa-kernel
into the kernel tree.
we'll fix this bug eventually later...


Takashi

At Fri, 18 Jul 2003 14:31:33 +0200,
Carlo Wood wrote:
> 
> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE=1 -I/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/include  -I/lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build/include -O2 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon -I/lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build/include/asm-i386/mach-default -DLINUX -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -DALSA_BUILD  -DKBUILD_BASENAME=serialmidi   -c -o serialmidi.o serialmidi.c
> serialmidi.c:46: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `EXPORT_NO_SYMBOLS'
> serialmidi.c:46: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> serialmidi.c: In function `open_tty':
> serialmidi.c:139: warning: passing arg 2 of `set_bit' from incompatible pointer type
> serialmidi.c:153: request for member `set_termios' in something not a structure or union
> serialmidi.c:218: request for member `set_termios' in something not a structure or union
> serialmidi.c:234: warning: passing arg 2 of `set_bit' from incompatible pointer type
> serialmidi.c: In function `close_tty':
> serialmidi.c:255: warning: passing arg 2 of `clear_bit' from incompatible pointer type
> serialmidi.c:256: warning: passing arg 2 of `constant_test_bit' from incompatible pointer type
> serialmidi.c:256: warning: passing arg 2 of `variable_test_bit' from incompatible pointer type
> serialmidi.c: In function `ldisc_receive_buf':
> serialmidi.c:283: warning: passing arg 2 of `constant_test_bit' from incompatible pointer type
> serialmidi.c:283: warning: passing arg 2 of `variable_test_bit' from incompatible pointer type
> serialmidi.c: In function `tx_loop':
> serialmidi.c:298: request for member `write_room' in something not a structure or union
> serialmidi.c:306: request for member `write' in something not a structure or union
> serialmidi.c: In function `snd_serialmidi_output_trigger':
> serialmidi.c:328: warning: passing arg 2 of `set_bit' from incompatible pointer type
> serialmidi.c:333: warning: passing arg 2 of `clear_bit' from incompatible pointer type
> serialmidi.c: In function `snd_serialmidi_input_trigger':
> serialmidi.c:342: warning: passing arg 2 of `set_bit' from incompatible pointer type
> serialmidi.c:344: warning: passing arg 2 of `clear_bit' from incompatible pointer type
> make[1]: *** [serialmidi.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/drivers'
> make: *** [compile] Error 1


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Re: ALSA (CVS) doesn't compile on recent linux (alsa-driver)

[Carlo Wood]

On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 04:29:18PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> known bug.
> 
> for compiling on 2.5/2.6 kernels, try to copy the files in alsa-kernel
> into the kernel tree.

That didn't change a thing.

I copied the files of alsa-kernel to the kernel tree:

/usr/src/alsa/alsa-kernel>tar cf - --exclude CVS --exclude Documentation . | tar -C /usr/src/linux-2.5.74-debug/sound -xvf -
./
./Makefile
./Kconfig
./sound_core.c
./last.c
[...etc etc...]

and then

/usr/src/alsa/alsa-kernel>cd ..
/usr/src/alsa>make
rm -rf /usr/doc/packages/alsa
mkdir -p /usr/doc/packages/alsa
for i in driver utils; do                               \
        cp alsa-$i*/README /usr/doc/packages/alsa/README.$i;    \
done
for i in FAQ INSTALL doc/SOUNDCARDS; do                 \
        cp alsa-driver*/$i /usr/doc/packages/alsa;                      \
done
cp alsa-utils*/alsamixer/README                 /usr/doc/packages/alsa.alsamixer
cp alsa-utils*/seq/aconnect/README.aconnect     /usr/doc/packages/alsa
cp alsa-utils*/seq/aseqnet/README.aseqnet       /usr/doc/packages/alsa
find /usr/doc/packages/alsa
/usr/doc/packages/alsa
/usr/doc/packages/alsa/README.driver
/usr/doc/packages/alsa/README.utils
/usr/doc/packages/alsa/FAQ
/usr/doc/packages/alsa/INSTALL
/usr/doc/packages/alsa/SOUNDCARDS
/usr/doc/packages/alsa/README.aconnect
/usr/doc/packages/alsa/README.aseqnet
cd alsa-driver*;                                        \
CFLAGS="" ./cvscompile --with-smp=no --with-processor="i686" --with-isapnp=yes --with-sequencer=yes --with-oss=yes --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info;        \
install -m 755 utils/alsasound /sbin/init.d/alsasound;  \
make install
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all-deps'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver'
./configure --with-smp=no --with-processor=i686 --with-isapnp=yes --with-sequencer=yes --with-oss=yes --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for inline... inline
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no
checking for current directory... /usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver
checking cross compile...
checking for directory with kernel source... /lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build
checking for kernel version... 2.5.74-debug
checking for GCC version... Kernel compiler: gcc 3.2.3 20030422 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-4) Used compiler: gcc (GCC) 3.2.3 20030422 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-4)
checking for kernel linux/compiler.h... "yes"
checking for kernel linux/pm.h... "yes"
checking for kernel linux/spinlock.h... "yes"
checking for kernel linux/irq.h... "yes"
checking for kernel linux/threads.h... "yes"
checking for kernel linux/rwsem.h... "yes"
checking for kernel linux/gameport.h... "yes"
checking for kernel linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h... "yes"
checking for kernel linux/highmem.h... "yes"
checking for kernel linux/workqueue.h... "yes"
checking for kernel asm/hw_irq.h... "yes"
checking for kernel linux/jiffies.h... "yes"
checking for kernel linux/compat.h... "yes"
checking for kernel linux/adb.h... "yes"
checking for kernel linux/cuda.h... "yes"
checking for kernel linux/pmu.h... "yes"
checking for kernel module symbol versions... "no"
checking for PCI support in kernel... "yes"
checking for SGI/MIPS (HAL2) architecture... "no"
checking for directory to store kernel modules... /lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/kernel/sound
checking for verbose printk... on
checking for debug level... none
checking for ISA support in kernel... "yes"
checking for processor type... k7
checking for i386 machine type... default
checking for SMP... "no"
checking for ISA PnP driver in kernel... yes
checking for PnP driver in kernel... yes
checking for Kernel ISA-PnP support... "no"
checking for Kernel ISA-PnP module support... "no"
checking for strlcpy... "no"
checking for snprintf... "yes"
checking for vmalloc_to_page... "no"
checking for old kmod... "yes"
checking for driver version... 0.9.5
checking for sequencer support... yes
checking for OSS/Free emulation... yes
checking for RTC callback support in kernel... "yes"
checking for USB support... "yes"
checking for kernel PCMCIA
checking for PCMCIA support... "no"
checking for PCMCIA module support... "no"
checking for PC9800 support in kernel... "no"
checking for which soundcards to compile driver for... all
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating version
config.status: creating Makefile.conf
config.status: creating snddevices
config.status: creating utils/alsa-driver.spec
config.status: creating utils/buildrpm
config.status: creating toplevel.config
config.status: creating include/config.h
config.status: include/config.h is unchanged
config.status: creating include/config1.h
config.status: include/config1.h is unchanged
config.status: creating include/version.h
config.status: include/version.h is unchanged
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver'
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/support'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/support'
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/acore'
make  -C ioctl32 fastdep
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/acore/ioctl32'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/acore/ioctl32'
make  -C oss fastdep
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/acore/oss'
gcc -M -D__KERNEL__ -D__isapnp_now__ -DMODULE=1 -I/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/include  -I/lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build/include -O2 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon -I/lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build/include/asm-i386/mach-default -DLINUX -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -DALSA_BUILD -I/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/alsa-kernel/core/oss mixer_oss.c pcm_oss.c pcm_plugin.c io.c copy.c linear.c mulaw.c route.c rate.c > .depend
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/acore/oss'
make  -C seq fastdep
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/acore/seq'
make  -C instr fastdep
make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/acore/seq/instr'
gcc -M -D__KERNEL__ -D__isapnp_now__ -DMODULE=1 -I/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/include  -I/lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build/include -O2 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon -I/lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build/include/asm-i386/mach-default -DLINUX -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -DALSA_BUILD  ainstr_fm.c ainstr_gf1.c ainstr_iw.c ainstr_simple.c > .depend
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/acore/seq/instr'
make  -C oss fastdep
make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/acore/seq/oss'
gcc -M -D__KERNEL__ -D__isapnp_now__ -DMODULE=1 -I/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/include  -I/lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build/include -O2 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon -I/lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build/include/asm-i386/mach-default -DLINUX -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -DALSA_BUILD -I/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/alsa-kernel/core/seq/oss seq_oss.c seq_oss_init.c seq_oss_timer.c seq_oss_ioctl.c seq_oss_event.c seq_oss_rw.c seq_oss_synth.c seq_oss_midi.c seq_oss_readq.c seq_oss_writeq.c > .depend
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/acore/seq/oss'
gcc -M -D__KERNEL__ -D__isapnp_now__ -DMODULE=1 -I/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/include  -I/lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build/include -O2 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon -I/lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build/include/asm-i386/mach-default -DLINUX -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -DALSA_BUILD -I/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/alsa-kernel/core/seq seq_device.c seq_dummy.c seq_instr.c seq_midi_emul.c seq_midi_event.c seq_midi.c seq_virmidi.c seq.c seq_lock.c seq_clientmgr.c seq_memory.c seq_queue.c seq_fifo.c seq_prioq.c seq_timer.c seq_system.c seq_ports.c seq_info.c > .depend

[...cut...]

make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/drivers'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE=1 -I/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver/include  -I/lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build/include -O2 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon -I/lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build/include/asm-i386/mach-default -DLINUX -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -DALSA_BUILD  -DKBUILD_BASENAME=serialmidi   -c -o serialmidi.o serialmidi.c
serialmidi.c:46: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `EXPORT_NO_SYMBOLS'
serialmidi.c:46: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
serialmidi.c: In function `open_tty':
serialmidi.c:139: warning: passing arg 2 of `set_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c:153: request for member `set_termios' in something not a structure or union
serialmidi.c:218: request for member `set_termios' in something not a structure or union
serialmidi.c:234: warning: passing arg 2 of `set_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c: In function `close_tty':
serialmidi.c:255: warning: passing arg 2 of `clear_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c:256: warning: passing arg 2 of `constant_test_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c:256: warning: passing arg 2 of `variable_test_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c: In function `ldisc_receive_buf':
serialmidi.c:283: warning: passing arg 2 of `constant_test_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c:283: warning: passing arg 2 of `variable_test_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c: In function `tx_loop':
serialmidi.c:298: request for member `write_room' in something not a structure or union
serialmidi.c:306: request for member `write' in something not a structure or union
serialmidi.c: In function `snd_serialmidi_output_trigger':
serialmidi.c:328: warning: passing arg 2 of `set_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c:333: warning: passing arg 2 of `clear_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c: In function `snd_serialmidi_input_trigger':
serialmidi.c:342: warning: passing arg 2 of `set_bit' from incompatible pointer type
serialmidi.c:344: warning: passing arg 2 of `clear_bit' from incompatible pointer type
make[2]: *** [serialmidi.o] Error 1


How does copying alsa-kernel help compiling alsa-driver?

Note that correctly

>ls -l /lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build
lrwxr-xr-x    1 root     root           27 Jul 13 15:52 /lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build -> /usr/src/linux-2.5.74-debug

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Re: ALSA (CVS) doesn't compile on recent linux (alsa-driver)

[Takashi Iwai]

At Fri, 18 Jul 2003 16:55:58 +0200,
Carlo Wood wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 04:29:18PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > known bug.
> > 
> > for compiling on 2.5/2.6 kernels, try to copy the files in alsa-kernel
> > into the kernel tree.
> 
> That didn't change a thing.
> 
> I copied the files of alsa-kernel to the kernel tree:
 
and run make on the top of kernel-source tree.
you don't need any files in alsa-drivers tree.

(well, i know this bug must be fixed because some experimental drivers
 only exist in alsa-driver tree.)


Takashi


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Re: ALSA (CVS) doesn't compile on recent linux (alsa-driver)

[Carlo Wood]

On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 05:06:20PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> and run make on the top of kernel-source tree.
> you don't need any files in alsa-drivers tree.
> 
> (well, i know this bug must be fixed because some experimental drivers
>  only exist in alsa-driver tree.)

Now I am confused... you are saying that
I don't need the alsa-driver directory that
is checked out with CVS?

As in:

rm -rf alsa-driver

?

New attempt:

/usr/src/alsa>tar -C alsa-kernel -cf - --exclude CVS --exclude Documentation --exclude include . | tar -C /lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build/sound -xf -
/usr/src/alsa>tar -C alsa-kernel/include -cf - --exclude CVS . | tar -C /lib/modules/2.5.74-debug/build/include/sound -xf -
/usr/src/alsa>rm -rf alsa-conf alsa-driver
/usr/src/alsa>make
/usr/src/alsa>make
rm -rf /usr/doc/packages/alsa
mkdir -p /usr/doc/packages/alsa
for i in driver utils; do                               \
        cp alsa-$i*/README /usr/doc/packages/alsa/README.$i;    \
done
cp: cannot stat `alsa-driver*/README': No such file or directory
for i in FAQ INSTALL doc/SOUNDCARDS; do                 \
        cp alsa-driver*/$i /usr/doc/packages/alsa;                      \
done
cp: cannot stat `alsa-driver*/FAQ': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `alsa-driver*/INSTALL': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `alsa-driver*/doc/SOUNDCARDS': No such file or directory
make: *** [install-doc] Error 1


Ok - so you can't run 'make' at all in the CVS root.

Then do I understand correctly that:

1) alsa-conf and alsa-driver can be deleted.
2) alsa-kernel needs to be copied to /lib/modules/*/build/sound
   and alsa-kernel/include to /lib/modules/*/build/include/sound
   and then run 'make modules' in /lib/modules/*/build
3) One needs to run 'make; make install' as root in
   alsa-lib and alsa-utils seperately.
4) The rest can't be built ('make' doesn't work).
5) Again: alsa-drivers is not needed at all for me.

Thanks for the clarification.

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Re: ALSA (CVS) doesn't compile on recent linux (alsa-driver)

[Takashi Iwai]

At Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:16:10 +0200,
Carlo Wood wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 05:06:20PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > and run make on the top of kernel-source tree.
> > you don't need any files in alsa-drivers tree.
> > 
> > (well, i know this bug must be fixed because some experimental drivers
> >  only exist in alsa-driver tree.)
> 
> Now I am confused... you are saying that
> I don't need the alsa-driver directory that
> is checked out with CVS?

alsa-driver tree contains some wrapper and extra things to build the
ALSA driver modules on 2.2/2.4 kernels.  also, as mentioned above,
some experimental driver codes are in it, too.  anyway, for 2.5/2.6,
you can build the ALSA drivers without alsa-driver tree (excpet for
snddevices script or init script if you need them).


> As in:
> 
> rm -rf alsa-driver
 
for 2.5/2.6, yes, if you want.

(snip)
> Ok - so you can't run 'make' at all in the CVS root.
 
no.  it looks broken and should be fixed or removed.
i've never used it.


> Then do I understand correctly that:
> 
> 1) alsa-conf and alsa-driver can be deleted.
> 2) alsa-kernel needs to be copied to /lib/modules/*/build/sound
>    and alsa-kernel/include to /lib/modules/*/build/include/sound
>    and then run 'make modules' in /lib/modules/*/build
> 3) One needs to run 'make; make install' as root in
>    alsa-lib and alsa-utils seperately.

yes.  (you can run make as normal user, though.)

> 4) The rest can't be built ('make' doesn't work).

alsa-tools and alsa-oss should be ok, too (if you have installed
necessary GUI toolkits for alsa-tools).
the trees which are not released as 0.9.x tarballs are all obsolete.

> 5) Again: alsa-drivers is not needed at all for me.

yep, as long as you run 2.5/2.6 kernels only.


ciao,

Takashi


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