Hello,

I get the following error when building the 2.6.29-rc1 kernel on a 
Thinkpad T61 running Debian Lenny (with a few unstable and experimental 
packages). The command line used to compile was

make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version a1 -uc -us buildpackage.

The config file is attached.

CC [M] drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.o
CC [M] drivers/net/irda/w83977af_ir.o
CC [M] drivers/net/irda/donauboe.o
drivers/net/irda/donauboe.c: In function ‘toshoboe_interrupt’:
drivers/net/irda/donauboe.c:1197: error: ‘struct toshoboe_cb’ has no 
member named ‘stats’
drivers/net/irda/donauboe.c:1201: error: ‘struct toshoboe_cb’ has no 
member named ‘stats’
drivers/net/irda/donauboe.c:1283: error: ‘struct toshoboe_cb’ has no 
member named ‘stats’
make[6]: *** [drivers/net/irda/donauboe.o] Error 1
make[5]: *** [drivers/net/irda] Error 2
make[4]: *** [drivers/net] Error 2
make[3]: *** [drivers] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/repository/src/linux/2.6.29/linux-2.6.28'
make[2]: *** [debian/stamp/build/kernel] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/repository/src/linux/2.6.29/linux-2.6.28'
make[1]: *** [debian/stamp/do-build-arch] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/repository/src/linux/2.6.29/linux-2.6.28'
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
make: *** [debian/stamp/build/buildpackage] Error 2

software@amitlaptop:/repository/src/linux/2.6.29/linux-2.6.28$ sh 
scripts/ver_linux
If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version.
Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes.

Linux amitlaptop 2.6.28a1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Dec 25 08:48:54 EST 2008 
i686 GNU/Linux

Gnu C 4.3.2
Gnu make 3.81
binutils 2.18.0.20080103
util-linux 2.13.1.1
mount 2.13.1.1
module-init-tools found
Linux C Library 2.8
Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.8
Procps 3.2.7
Console-tools 0.2.3
Sh-utils 6.10
udev 125
Modules Loaded tun nls_iso8859_1 cifs i915 drm binfmt_misc rfcomm l2cap 
uinput ppdev parport_pc lp parport ipv6 ext3 jbd mbcache dm_crypt 
coretemp bonding fuse kvm_intel kvm cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_powersave 
cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_stats hdaps tp_smapi thinkpad_ec 
acpi_cpufreq loop snd_hda_intel joydev arc4 ecb snd_pcm_oss 
snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd_page_alloc iwlagn iwlcore 
thinkpad_acpi snd_hwdep pcmcia battery rtc_cmos rfkill led_class 
mac80211 btusb snd intel_agp yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic rtc_core 
i2c_i801 ac psmouse video output iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support agpgart 
nvram wmi pcmcia_core button rtc_lib i2c_core cfg80211 bluetooth 
soundcore serio_raw evdev pcspkr reiserfs dm_mirror dm_region_hash 
dm_log dm_snapshot dm_mod usbhid hid sg sr_mod cdrom piix 
ide_pci_generic ide_core ata_piix ata_generic sd_mod crc_t10dif ohci1394 
ieee1394 sdhci_pci ricoh_mmc sdhci mmc_core firewire_ohci firewire_core 
crc_itu_t pata_acpi ahci libata scsi_mod ehci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore 
e1000e thermal processor fan


Amit Joshi