From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: "Srinivas G." <srinivasg@esntechnologies.co.in>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Small problem, Can anybody help me?
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 15:33:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040506143321.GA8430@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1118873EE1755348B4812EA29C55A97222F512@esnmail.esntechnologies.co.in>
On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 07:31:56PM +0530, Srinivas G. wrote:
> I compiled it under same kernel version that is 2.4.18-3. It was showing
> the following errors.
>
> In file included from hello.c:2:
> /usr/include/linux/module.h:60: parse error before `atomic_t'
> /usr/include/linux/module.h:60: warning: no semicolon at end of struct
> or union
> /usr/include/linux/module.h:60: warning: no semicolon at end of struct
> or union
> /usr/include/linux/module.h:62: parse error before `}'
> /usr/include/linux/module.h:62: warning: data definition has no type or
> storage class
> /usr/include/linux/module.h:91: parse error before `}'
You're trying to include userspace headers into a kernel module.
This won't fly.
> The errors came due to a mistake in linux header file. Is it so...
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can come up with.
Last week you claimed "Linux has broken spinlocks", this week "broken includes".
I suggest a trip to http://www.kernelnewbies.org/ may be in order
before you tackle anything more complicated than a helloworld module.
Dave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-05-06 14:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-05-06 14:01 Small problem, Can anybody help me? Srinivas G.
2004-05-06 14:28 ` Erik Mouw
2004-05-06 17:27 ` David Woodhouse
2004-05-06 14:33 ` Dave Jones [this message]
2004-05-06 15:47 ` Richard B. Johnson
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