make hpt37xx fails

make hpt37xx fails

[Felix Miata]

Windoze is already installed on the motherboard ataraid (hde/hdg) on a
Soyo KT400 Dragon black. I've installed Mandrake 10 on /dev/hde, which
Mandrake thinks is /dev/hda. I compiled a kernel without native hpt37xx
driver. I downloaded the hpt driver source
http://www.highpoint-tech.com/BIOS%20%2B%20Driver/hpt372/Linux/hpt3xx-opensource-v1.35.tgz.
In it, the readme file says to:

# make KERNELDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.3-7mdk

When I do this, a bunch of messages scroll, ending with:

hpt.c:4824: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
hpt.c:4753: warning: `hpt_scsi_unregister_module' defined but not used
make: *** [hpt.o] Error 1

What does this mean? How do I fix it? Where is this info scrolled off
the screen too fast to read logged for later inspection?
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Re: make hpt37xx fails

[Jeff Woods]

At 4/9/2004 02:58 PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote (in part):
># make KERNELDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.3-7mdk
>
>When I do this, a bunch of messages scroll, ending with:

Sorry, but I don't have an answer for your hard questions.  However:

>Where is this info scrolled off the screen too fast to read logged for 
>later inspection?

It's not saved (unless you happen to be using some 
console/terminal/whatever that logs. Try (assuming you're using bash or 
similar):

         make 
KERNELDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.3-7mdk >some-output-filename-you-like 2>&1

or

         make KERNELDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.3-7mdk 2>&1 |less

The first instance redirects stdout to a file and then redirects stderr to 
stdout. The second redirects stderr to stdout and then pipes both to less 
to allow you to scroll around and/or save the result. If you don't want or 
need stderr output with stdout then just omit the "2>&1" or even replace it 
with "2>/dev/null" to throw it away.

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Jeff Woods <kazrak+kernel@cesmail.net>