need help in compiling compat-wireless

need help in compiling compat-wireless

[Oleksandr Yeremko]

Dear Friends,

I have the error described below during my attempts to build the
latest Linux wireless drivers.

Could you, please, be so kind and explain me how to solve the problem?

Thanks in advance,
Oleksandr


[root@hq compat-wireless-2012-04-15]# uname -r
2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64

[root@hq compat-wireless-2012-04-15]# ./scripts/driver-select intel
Processing new driver-select request...
Backing up makefile: Makefile.bk
Backing up makefile: drivers/net/wireless/Makefile.bk
Backup exists: Makefile.bk
Backing up makefile: drivers/ssb/Makefile.bk
Backing up makefile: drivers/bcma/Makefile.bk
Backing up makefile: drivers/misc/eeprom/Makefile.bk
Backup exists: Makefile.bk

[root@hq compat-wireless-2012-04-15]# make
./compat/scripts/gen-compat-config.sh: line 51: KLIB_BUILD: command not found
grep: /Makefile: No such file or directory
./scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.sh
/root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/.config
/root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/config.mk >
include/linux/compat_autoconf.h
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64/build
M=/root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64'
  CC [M]  /root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/compat/main.o
In file included from
/root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/include/linux/compat-2.6.h:55,
                 from <command-line>:0:
/root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/include/linux/compat-2.6.35.h:27:
error: static declaration of ‘irq_set_affinity_hint’ follows
non-static declaration
include/linux/interrupt.h:218: note: previous declaration of
‘irq_set_affinity_hint’ was here
In file included from
/root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/include/linux/compat-2.6.h:61,
                 from <command-line>:0:
/root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/include/linux/compat-3.1.h:11:
error: redefinition of ‘__netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align’
include/linux/skbuff.h:1512: note: previous definition of
‘__netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align’ was here
make[3]: *** [/root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/compat/main.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [/root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/compat] Error 2
make[1]: *** [_module_/root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64'
make: *** [modules] Error 2

Re: need help in compiling compat-wireless

[Hauke Mehrtens]

On 04/20/2012 05:10 PM, Oleksandr Yeremko wrote:
> Dear Friends,
> 
> I have the error described below during my attempts to build the
> latest Linux wireless drivers.
> 
> Could you, please, be so kind and explain me how to solve the problem?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Oleksandr
> 
> 
> [root@hq compat-wireless-2012-04-15]# uname -r
> 2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64
> 
> [root@hq compat-wireless-2012-04-15]# ./scripts/driver-select intel
> Processing new driver-select request...
> Backing up makefile: Makefile.bk
> Backing up makefile: drivers/net/wireless/Makefile.bk
> Backup exists: Makefile.bk
> Backing up makefile: drivers/ssb/Makefile.bk
> Backing up makefile: drivers/bcma/Makefile.bk
> Backing up makefile: drivers/misc/eeprom/Makefile.bk
> Backup exists: Makefile.bk
> 
> [root@hq compat-wireless-2012-04-15]# make
> ./compat/scripts/gen-compat-config.sh: line 51: KLIB_BUILD: command not found
> grep: /Makefile: No such file or directory
> ./scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.sh
> /root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/.config
> /root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/config.mk >
> include/linux/compat_autoconf.h
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64/build
> M=/root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15 modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64'
>   CC [M]  /root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/compat/main.o
> In file included from
> /root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/include/linux/compat-2.6.h:55,
>                  from <command-line>:0:
> /root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/include/linux/compat-2.6.35.h:27:
> error: static declaration of ‘irq_set_affinity_hint’ follows
> non-static declaration
> include/linux/interrupt.h:218: note: previous declaration of
> ‘irq_set_affinity_hint’ was here
> In file included from
> /root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/include/linux/compat-2.6.h:61,
>                  from <command-line>:0:
> /root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/include/linux/compat-3.1.h:11:
> error: redefinition of ‘__netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align’
> include/linux/skbuff.h:1512: note: previous definition of
> ‘__netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align’ was here
> make[3]: *** [/root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/compat/main.o] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [/root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/compat] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [_module_/root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64'
> make: *** [modules] Error 2

Hi Oleksandr,

With mainline kernel 2.6.32 I do not get these error messages.
2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64 looks like a RedHat kernel which is different
from mainline kernel. Someone has to provide some patches for
compat-wireless to make it work with RedHat kernel again.

Hauke