Re: Linux 2.5.20-dj3

[Alessandro Suardi <alessandro.suardi@oracle.com>]

Dave Jones wrote:
> Patch queue under control again, this gets the interesting bits
> out of the way, and introduces some of the kbuild2.5 bits in a
> hope to cut down the number of "Will you merge kbuild2.5" mails
> I get each day.
> 

In the attempt to get my Xircom Cardbus PCI working (2.5.20
  plus GregKH extraction of Patrick's PCI detection patch is
  still not working for me) I decided to give -dj3 a spin...
  modular IrDA doesn't build (2.5.20 vanilla does):

make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/linux-2.5.20/drivers/net/irda'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/local/src/linux-2.5.20/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -DMODULE   -DKBUILD_BASENAME=irtty  -c -o irtty.o irtty.c
In file included from /usr/local/src/linux-2.5.20/include/net/irda/timer.h:37,
                  from irtty.c:40:
/usr/local/src/linux-2.5.20/include/net/irda/irlmp.h:148: parse error before "CACHE_ENTRY"
/usr/local/src/linux-2.5.20/include/net/irda/irlmp.h:148: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
/usr/local/src/linux-2.5.20/include/net/irda/irlmp.h: In function `irlmp_lap_tx_queue_full':
/usr/local/src/linux-2.5.20/include/net/irda/irlmp.h:258: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/usr/local/src/linux-2.5.20/include/net/irda/irlmp.h:261: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
irtty.c: In function `irtty_cleanup':
irtty.c:125: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
irtty.c: In function `irtty_open':
irtty.c:232: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
irtty.c:251: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
irtty.c: In function `irtty_change_speed':
irtty.c:458: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
irtty.c:469: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
make[3]: *** [irtty.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/linux-2.5.20/drivers/net/irda'
make[2]: *** [_modsubdir_irda] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/linux-2.5.20/drivers/net'
make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_net] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/linux-2.5.20/drivers'
make: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2


Ciao,

--alessandro

  "the hands that build / can also pull down
    even the hands of love"
                             (U2, "Exit")