Re: cannot compile compat-wireless-2.6-old

["Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@atheros.com>]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 09:57:57AM -0800, Andrey Vul wrote:
> I cannot compile the current compat tarball.
> Make log:
> ./scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.sh config.mk > include/linux/compat_autoconf.h
> make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.26.6-rt11/ M=/root/compat-wireless-2.6-old modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.26.6-rt11'
>  CC [M]  /root/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.o
> In file included from <command-line>:0:
> /root/compat-wireless-2.6-old/include/net/compat.h:877: error:
> redefinition of 'list_splice_tail'
> include/linux/list.h:356: error: previous definition of
> 'list_splice_tail' was here
> /root/compat-wireless-2.6-old/include/net/compat.h:892: error:
> redefinition of 'list_splice_tail_init'
> include/linux/list.h:379: error: previous definition of
> 'list_splice_tail_init' was here

list_splice_tail was added as of 2.6.27, and you have 2.6.26. Which
means your kernel headers for your box are completely messed up. This
means you can expect a kernel panic if you were to successfully
compile external modules. Go fix that first.

  Luis