On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 08:33:37AM +0100, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> The __ethtool_get_link_ksettings is currently used only for kernels >=
> 3.15. But the compat code is read by the compiler for each kernel. But
> kernels up to 3.1 never had the function __ethtool_get_settings which is
> used to emulate this function for kernels < 4.6. Therefore, kernels < 3.2
> will fail to compile when this compatibility layer is enabled.
> 
> Fixes: 3515604d82d5 ("batman-adv: ELP - use new ethtool_link_get_ksettings API")
> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
> ---
> v2:
>  - correct version number of the supported kernel
> 
>  compat-include/linux/ethtool.h | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/compat-include/linux/ethtool.h b/compat-include/linux/ethtool.h
> index 87f7577..2e6270e 100644
> --- a/compat-include/linux/ethtool.h
> +++ b/compat-include/linux/ethtool.h
> @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
>  #include <linux/version.h>
>  #include_next <linux/ethtool.h>
>  
> -#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 6, 0)
> +/* WARNING only enabled on kernels with __ethtool_get_settings support */
> +#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 6, 0) && \
> +    LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 2, 0)

Sven,

does it mean that on <3.2 batman v won't compile at all ?


Cheers,

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Antonio Quartulli