From: Alessandro Suardi <alessandro.suardi@gmail.com>
To: "J. B." <ierland@mail.be>
Cc: rdunlap@xenotime.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kernel compile error in bootsplash.c
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 20:52:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5a4c581d05082711524f337f72@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <11350200.1125168517801.JavaMail.root@orville>
On 8/27/05, J. B. <ierland@mail.be> wrote:
> if got it from
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.10.tar.bz2
> and applied some patches
The problem resides in the "some patches" then - as Randy said,
bootsplash.c isn't in kernel.org kernels.
> > ----------------------------------------
> > From: Randy.Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
> > Sent: Sat Aug 27 20:34:27 CEST 2005
> > To: J. B. <ierland@mail.be>
> > Subject: Re: kernel compile error in bootsplash.c
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 19:53:35 +0200 (CEST) J. B. wrote:
> >
> > > I try to compile a 2.6.10 kernel but it stops with an error
> > > in bootsplash.c. I have everything set in my .config file in /usr/src/linux for bootsplash support.
> > >
> > > Anybody an idea. Where should i start to look? I am a newbie in kernel world
> >
> > This is in a vendor kernel, right?
> > So please take it up with that vendor.
> >
> > Kernels from kernel.org don't contain drivers/video/bootsplash/*
> >
> >
> > > in file included from drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:18:
> > > include/linux/fb.h:869: error: array type has incomplete element type
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:37: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:38: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:39: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:40: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:41: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:42: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:43: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:44: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:45: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:46: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:47: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:48: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:49: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:50: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:52: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c: In function 'splash_verbose':
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:572: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'splashcopy' differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:572: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of 'splashcopy' differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c: In function 'splash_prepare':
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:642: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'splashcopy' differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c: In function 'splash_write_proc':
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:788: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'boxit' differ in signedness
> > > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:789: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'boxit' differ in signedness
> > > make[5]: *** [drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.o] Error 1
> > > make[4]: *** [drivers/video/bootsplash] Error 2
> > > make[3]: *** [drivers/video] Error 2
> > > make[2]: *** [drivers] Error 2
> > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.10'
> > > make[1]: *** [stamp-build] Error 2
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.10'
> > > make: *** [stamp-buildpackage] Error 2
--alessandro
"Not every smile means I'm laughing inside"
(Wallflowers - "From The Bottom Of My Heart")
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-08-27 18:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-08-27 17:53 kernel compile error in bootsplash.c J. B.
2005-08-27 18:21 ` J. B.
2005-08-27 18:34 ` Randy.Dunlap
2005-08-27 18:48 ` J. B.
2005-08-27 18:50 ` Lee Revell
2005-08-27 18:52 ` Alessandro Suardi [this message]
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