PROBLEM: kernel bug at net/core/net-sysfs.c:434 - kernel 2.6.16rc1

PROBLEM: kernel bug at net/core/net-sysfs.c:434 - kernel 2.6.16rc1

[Nikolay N. Ivanov]

Hello!

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CC      net/core/net-sysfs.o
net/core/net-sysfs.c: In function `netdev_register_sysfs':
net/core/net-sysfs.c:434: error: `i' undeclared (first use in this function)
net/core/net-sysfs.c:434: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported 
only once
net/core/net-sysfs.c:434: error: for each function it appears in.)
net/core/net-sysfs.c:434: error: `attr' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
make[2]: *** [net/core/net-sysfs.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [net/core] Error 2
make: *** [net] Error 2
[nn@ linux-2.6.16-rc1]$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.3.4
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After adding:

int i;

new errors appeared:

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CC      net/core/net-sysfs.o
net/core/net-sysfs.c: In function `netdev_register_sysfs':
net/core/net-sysfs.c:434: error: `attr' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
net/core/net-sysfs.c:434: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported 
only once
net/core/net-sysfs.c:434: error: for each function it appears in.)
make[2]: *** [net/core/net-sysfs.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [net/core] Error 2
make: *** [net] Error 2
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Nikolay N. Ivanov
mailto: nn@nndl.org

Re: PROBLEM: kernel bug at net/core/net-sysfs.c:434 - kernel 2.6.16rc1

[Adrian Bunk]

On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 11:03:28AM +0300, Nikolay N. Ivanov wrote:

> Hello!

Hi Nikolay!

> CC      net/core/net-sysfs.o
> net/core/net-sysfs.c: In function `netdev_register_sysfs':
> net/core/net-sysfs.c:434: error: `i' undeclared (first use in this function)
>...
> [nn@ linux-2.6.16-rc1]$ gcc --version
> gcc (GCC) 3.3.4
> ---
> 
> After adding:
> 
> int i;
> 
> new errors appeared:
> 
> ---
> CC      net/core/net-sysfs.o
> net/core/net-sysfs.c: In function `netdev_register_sysfs':
> net/core/net-sysfs.c:434: error: `attr' undeclared (first use in this 
> function)
>...

Your errors don't fit in any way with what I see in line 434 of this 
file.

The following should work:
- unpack an unmodified 2.6.15 kernel source from ftp.kernel.org
- apply the 2.6.16-rc1 patch from ftp.kernel.org

> Nikolay N. Ivanov

cu
Adrian

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