Re: Backporting gerrit tree (from git) to 2.6.18. IT WAS:

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>]

Em Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 01:04:27PM -0300, ツ Leandro Sales escreveu:
> Arnaldo,
> 
>    I just change to req->rsk_ops->send_reset(skb);, instead of
> req->rsk_ops->send_reset(sk, skb);

OK, great, I forgot about this change in particular, the skb offset
patches I mentioned where another, unrelated change that happened in
this interim.

- Arnaldo
 
> Leandro
> 
> 2007/8/18, ツ Leandro Sales <leandroal@gmail.com>:
> > Arnaldo,
> >   as you mentioned, I'm in trouble in the kernel skb, please see below:
> >
> > [sbox-SDK_ARMEL: /usr/src/kernel-source-rx-34] > make zImage
> >   CHK     include/linux/version.h
> > make[1]: `include/asm-arm/mach-types.h' is up to date.
> >   CHK     include/linux/utsrelease.h
> >   CHK     include/linux/compile.h
> >   CC      net/dccp/minisocks.o
> > net/dccp/minisocks.c: In function `dccp_check_req':
> > net/dccp/minisocks.c:258: warning: passing arg 1 of pointer to
> > function from incompatible pointer type
> > net/dccp/minisocks.c:258: error: too many arguments to function
> > make[2]: *** [net/dccp/minisocks.o] Error 1
> > make[1]: *** [net/dccp] Error 2
> > make: *** [net] Error 2
> >
> > -------
> >
> > the code that it is generation this error is minisocks.c file:
> >
> > drop:
> >         if (dccp_hdr(skb)->dccph_type != DCCP_PKT_RESET)
> >                 req->rsk_ops->send_reset(sk, skb);
> >
> > The problem is related to skb and I have no idea to do from here. I
> > had many other problems before this, particular with the linux
> > workqueue implementation (include/linux/workqueue.c/h) and with
> > kmen_create_cache (function ccid_kmem_cache_create) but I solved them.
> > So, what do you suggest me to do?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Leandro.
> >
> > 2007/8/6, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>:
> > > Em Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 09:55:49AM -0300, ?$B%D Leandro Sales escreveu:
> > > > Hi folks,
> > > >    due to wireless card restrictions (the wifi card driver is
> > > > proprietary) I can't use the latest linux-omap git kernel with nokia
> > > > n800. In this way, the unique kernel version available for this
> > > > plataform is 2.6.18. Then I'd like to know if will I have problem if I
> > > > get the latest DCCP codes (from the git kernel) and copy them to
> > > > kernel 2.6.18.
> > > >    Just in case of you don't know if I will get any problem, I will
> > > > try to do this and see what happen.
> > >
> > > Its technically possible. That is what companies such as Red Hat does
> > > for a living. The kernel in RHEL5, the current enterprise offering from
> > > Red Hat is based on 2.6.18, for instance :-)
> > >
> > > The infrastructure is also not changing that much, but pay attention to
> > > ktime, perhaps the skb offset patches, i.e. I think it will not be just
> > > copying the dccp files from the top of the tree into 2.6.18 and
> > > rebuilding :)