From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Ouyang <ilhebe999@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: make module error
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 21:05:40 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FE7C774.7020100@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20120625T030454-300@post.gmane.org>
On 06/24/2012 08:59 PM, Ouyang wrote:
> kernel version:3.4.3-1.fc17.x86_64
> I had already posted this problem several times and some specialist gave me some
> suggestions, thanks to them. the problems is still not solved even though I
> change my fedora 16 to fedora 17.
>
> After I install ncurses-devel,copy a working kernel configuration of your linux
> distro to the top level of the wireless-testing tree ,I used the command
> menuconfig, but I did not change any setting of the menuconfig, just the default
> value, and then , "make modules': and it comes with:
>
>
> In file included from drivers/net/wireless/at76c50x-usb.c:46:0:
> include/net/mac80211.h: In function ‘ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status’:
> include/net/mac80211.h:638:2: error: size of unnamed array is negative
> include/net/mac80211.h:643:2: error: size of unnamed array is negative
> make[3]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/at76c50x-usb.o] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [drivers/net/wireless] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [drivers/net] Error 2
> make: *** [drivers] Error 2
>
> The content in line 639 and 644 are all:like
> BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct XXXXXXX) !=XXX);
>
> If I comment this line out, it "seems" this problem fixed.
> And I tried to make modules again, the same error(BUILD_BUG_ON
> (offsetof(struct XXXXXXX) !=XXX);) came out but different
> file, different lines.And repeatedly.
> I do not think there are so many error that need to be fixed since I
> just change a few lines of codes which seems unrelated to theses errors.
>
>
> I really do not know what to do.Anyone can help me? Thank you so much.
That error was fixed in the wireless-testing git tree a long time ago. Get the
latest source and your problem will be fixed. Otherwise delete the two
statements that give the errors.
Larry
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2012-06-25 1:59 make module error Ouyang
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