From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964944AbVH0SUh (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:20:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964963AbVH0SUg (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:20:36 -0400 Received: from WILBUR.CONTACTOFFICE.NET ([212.3.242.68]:48287 "EHLO wilbur.contactoffice.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964944AbVH0SUg (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:20:36 -0400 Message-ID: <29496837.1125166918425.JavaMail.root@orville> Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 20:21:58 +0200 (CEST) From: "J. B." Reply-To: "J. B." To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel compile error in bootsplash.c In-Reply-To: <16842018.1125165215948.JavaMail.root@orville> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <16842018.1125165215948.JavaMail.root@orville> X-Priority: 3 X-Origin-IP: 81.243.79.134 X-Mailer: ContactOffice Mail Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I googled some more and seem to have found the reason of the error: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2005-02/msg00053.html It is related to gcc 4.0 which indeed i did an apt-get update for. But is there a patch avail for my 2.6.10 kernel-source? > > I try to compile a 2.6.10 kernel but it stops with an error > in bootsplash.c. I have everything set in my .config file in /usr/src/linux for bootsplash support. > > Anybody an idea. Where should i start to look? I am a newbie in kernel world > > in file included from drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:18: > include/linux/fb.h:869: error: array type has incomplete element type > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:37: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:38: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:39: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:40: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:41: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:42: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:43: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:44: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:45: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:46: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:47: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:48: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:49: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:50: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:52: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c: In function 'splash_verbose': > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:572: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'splashcopy' differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:572: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of 'splashcopy' differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c: In function 'splash_prepare': > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:642: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'splashcopy' differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c: In function 'splash_write_proc': > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:788: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'boxit' differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:789: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'boxit' differ in signedness > make[5]: *** [drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.o] Error 1 > make[4]: *** [drivers/video/bootsplash] Error 2 > make[3]: *** [drivers/video] Error 2 > make[2]: *** [drivers] Error 2 > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.10' > make[1]: *** [stamp-build] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.10' > make: *** [stamp-buildpackage] Error 2 > ----------------------------------------------------- > Mail.be, WebMail and Virtual Office > http://www.mail.be > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ ----------------------------------------------------- Mail.be, WebMail and Virtual Office http://www.mail.be