From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from visualpaging.com ([24.123.23.170]:55634 "EHLO unifiedpaging.messagenetsystems.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932450Ab1EZOZD (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 May 2011 10:25:03 -0400 Message-ID: <4DDE62BD.9010208@MessageNetSystems.com> Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 10:25:01 -0400 From: Jerry Geis MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jarod Wilson CC: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: use compile uvc_video References: <4DDE5168.1090805@MessageNetSystems.com> <89C9F515-ECF8-48DD-8DB9-EEA58A78CAD3@wilsonet.com> In-Reply-To: <89C9F515-ECF8-48DD-8DB9-EEA58A78CAD3@wilsonet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-ID: Sender: Jarod, Jarod Wilson wrote: > On May 26, 2011, at 9:11 AM, Jerry Geis wrote: > > >> I am using centos 5.6 (older kernel) and I get compile errors when I grabbed >> the latest from http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb (which I expect as I have an older 2.6.18 kernel) >> > > Okay, but do realize that it hasn't been updated in ages, and its > completely unmaintained. > > > >> All I need is uvc so I thought I would do "make menuconfig" and turn everything off >> but v4l/UVC stuff. >> >> when I do make I get an error: >> Kernel build directory is /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.32.1.el5/build >> > > That's not a 5.6 kernel, its a 5.5 kernel. (5.6 is 2.6.18-238.x.y.el5). > Doesn't really make a difference, but felt compelled to point it out. :) > > > >> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.32.1.el5/build SUBDIRS=/home/silentm/MessageNet/v4l/new/v4l-dvb-3724e93f7af5/v4l modules >> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-194.32.1.el5-x86_64' >> CC [M] /home/silentm/MessageNet/v4l/new/v4l-dvb-3724e93f7af5/v4l/tuner-xc2028.o >> In file included from /home/silentm/MessageNet/v4l/new/v4l-dvb-3724e93f7af5/v4l/tuner-xc2028.c:19: >> /home/silentm/MessageNet/v4l/new/v4l-dvb-3724e93f7af5/v4l/compat.h:133: error: static declaration of 'strict_strtoul' follows non-static declaration >> include/linux/kernel.h:141: error: previous declaration of 'strict_strtoul' was here >> > > The above lines tell you exactly what the failure was, and its easily > worked around by removing the extraneous definition from v4l/compat.h. > > > >> Is there a way I can just compile the linux/drivers/media/video/uvc ? >> > > Edit the .config file, disable anything you don't want to build. > > > >> thats all I need. How do I do that? >> > > Another option you can try is something along the lines of this: > > cd linux/drivers/media/video/uvc > make -C /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.32.1.el5/build M=$PWD modules > > No guarantees that won't fail miserably though. > > Backporting newer drivers to older kernels often takes a fair bit of > effort and subject matter expertise -- especially when the kernel base > is as ancient as the one you're targeting. There's a reason media_build > doesn't support anything that old. :) > > I am trying your suggestion. with the "make -C" when I do this I get errors about include files not found. I was trying to specify "-I path/v4l -I path/linux/include" on the make line but it still does not find the compat.h and linux/usb.video.h Your correct, my machines 5.6 and I was compiling on 5.5 machine. How do I correctly specify the include paths? Thanks Jerry