Re: request_mem_region problem ...

[Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>]

On Sat, 2002-11-02 at 05:23, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 04:29:32AM +0800, Antonino Daplas wrote:
> > It's an irritating bug in the new kernel configurator.  Try make -k if
> > it complains about the QT libs.
> 
> Ok, it worked some, but debian's kernel-package command did not like it,
> o well, i will have to build it by hand until it is fixed.
> 
> BTW, in the old pm3fb driver (which i did not write) a pm3fb_info
> structure contained the driver local stuff. I suppose, from reading
> skeletonfb.c, that it is now in the xxx_par (that is pm3fb_par) that
> private driver info will be found ?
> 
Yes, you can stuff all your driver private data in info->par. (fb_info
can be stuffed in pci_device during pci_probe, I think).
  
> Also, since pm3fb_par is placed in include/video/pm3.h, this data will
> be shared with other entities, like the drm module for example.
> 
Yes, but it's optional.

> ...
> 
> Mmm, it does not compile :((((
> 
> drivers/video/console/vgacon.c: In function `vgacon_adjust_height':
> drivers/video/console/vgacon.c:890: `i' undeclared (first use in this function)
> drivers/video/console/vgacon.c:890: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> drivers/video/console/vgacon.c:890: for each function it appears in.)
> make[3]: *** [drivers/video/console/vgacon.o] Erreur 1
> 
> O, well, i think i will wait another week or so that the new stuff has
> stabilized a bit more before continuing working on this.
> 
Just declare 'int i' and it should work.

Tony




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