Re: kvm-16 fails to compile on Kubuntu Edgy

[Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>]

Martin Kaufmann wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I tried to compile kvm-16 on Kubuntu Edgy - so far unsuccessfully. The
> configure succeeds but the make process fails with the following output:
>
>
> martin@Solo:~/Download/kvm-16$ make
> make -C kernel
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/martin/Download/kvm-16/kernel'
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.17-11-generic/build M=`pwd` "$@"
> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-11-generic'
>   CC [M]  /home/martin/Download/kvm-16/kernel/kvm_main.o
> /home/martin/Download/kvm-16/kernel/kvm_main.c: In function ‘kvmfs_get_sb’:
> /home/martin/Download/kvm-16/kernel/kvm_main.c:2438: error: too many
> arguments to function ‘get_sb_pseudo’
> /home/martin/Download/kvm-16/kernel/kvm_main.c:2438: warning: return
> makes integer from pointer without a cast
> /home/martin/Download/kvm-16/kernel/kvm_main.c: At top level:
> /home/martin/Download/kvm-16/kernel/kvm_main.c:2445: warning:
> initialization from incompatible pointer type
> make[3]: *** [/home/martin/Download/kvm-16/kernel/kvm_main.o] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [_module_/home/martin/Download/kvm-16/kernel] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-11-generic'
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/martin/Download/kvm-16/kernel'
> make: *** [kernel] Error 2
>
> Has anyone seen this error before? And does anyone know how to get it
> working?
>
> Thanks for your help!
>   

A couple of lines above the first error reported there is a 
LINUX_VERSION_CODE check.  There is a similar one surrounding 
kvmfs_get_sb() in external-module-compat.h.  Can you change both from 16 
to 17 and report?


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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function


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