e1000e-1.1.2 Compile errors with 2.4.37 and gcc 2.95.3

e1000e-1.1.2 Compile errors with 2.4.37 and gcc 2.95.3

[Marco Schwarz]

Hi,

I get the following output when trying to compile e1000e-1.1.2 with Linux Kernel 2.4.37 and gcc 2.95.3 (e1000-8.0.16 compiles fine):

gcc -DDRIVER_E1000E -DDRIVER_NAME=e1000e -DDRIVER_NAME_CAPS=E1000E -DLINUX -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -O2 -pipe -Wall -I/lib/modules/2.4.37/build/include -I. -DMODVERSIONS -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -include /lib/modules/2.4.37/build/include/linux/modversions.h  -Wno-sign-compare -fno-strict-aliasing   -c -o netdev.o netdev.c
In file included from netdev.c:51:
e1000.h:144: warning: unnamed struct/union that defines no instances
e1000.h:148: warning: unnamed struct/union that defines no instances
netdev.c: In function `e1000_alloc_rx_buffers_ps':
netdev.c:522: structure has no member named `ps_pages'
netdev.c:511: warning: `ps_page' might be used uninitialized in this function
netdev.c: In function `e1000_put_txbuf':
netdev.c:859: structure has no member named `length'
netdev.c: In function `e1000_print_hw_hang':
netdev.c:875: structure has no member named `next_to_watch'
netdev.c:906: structure has no member named `time_stamp'
netdev.c:919: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:919: parse error before `;'
netdev.c: In function `e1000_clean_tx_irq':
netdev.c:940: structure has no member named `next_to_watch'
netdev.c:979: structure has no member named `next_to_watch'
netdev.c:1010: structure has no member named `time_stamp'
netdev.c:935: warning: `eop' might be used uninitialized in this function
netdev.c: In function `e1000_clean_rx_irq_ps':
netdev.c:1124: structure has no member named `ps_pages'
netdev.c:1154: structure has no member named `ps_pages'
netdev.c:1044: warning: `ps_page' might be used uninitialized in this function
netdev.c: In function `e1000_clean_jumbo_rx_irq':
netdev.c:1362: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:1362: parse error before `;'
netdev.c: In function `e1000_clean_rx_ring':
netdev.c:1441: structure has no member named `ps_pages'
netdev.c:1405: warning: `ps_page' might be used uninitialized in this function
netdev.c: In function `e1000e_set_interrupt_capability':
netdev.c:1876: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:1876: parse error before `;'
netdev.c:1887: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:1887: parse error before `;'
netdev.c: In function `e1000e_setup_tx_resources':
netdev.c:2182: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:2182: parse error before `;'
netdev.c: In function `e1000e_setup_rx_resources':
netdev.c:2206: structure has no member named `ps_pages'
netdev.c:2209: structure has no member named `ps_pages'
netdev.c:2232: structure has no member named `ps_pages'
netdev.c:2236: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:2236: parse error before `;'
netdev.c: In function `e1000e_free_rx_resources':
netdev.c:2305: structure has no member named `ps_pages'
netdev.c: In function `e1000_alloc_queues':
netdev.c:2466: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:2466: parse error before `;'
netdev.c: In function `e1000e_reset':
netdev.c:3296: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:3296: parse error before `;'
netdev.c: In function `e1000_test_msi_interrupt':
netdev.c:3545: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:3545: parse error before `;'
netdev.c: In function `e1000_test_msi':
netdev.c:3599: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:3599: parse error before `;'
netdev.c: In function `e1000_open':
netdev.c:3680: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:3680: parse error before `;'
netdev.c: In function `e1000_phy_read_status':
netdev.c:3982: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:3982: parse error before `;'
netdev.c: In function `e1000_has_link':
netdev.c:4058: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:4058: parse error before `;'
netdev.c: In function `e1000_watchdog_task':
netdev.c:4143: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:4143: parse error before `;'
netdev.c: In function `e1000_tx_csum':
netdev.c:4428: structure has no member named `time_stamp'
netdev.c:4429: structure has no member named `next_to_watch'
netdev.c: In function `e1000_tx_map':
netdev.c:4460: structure has no member named `length'
netdev.c:4462: structure has no member named `time_stamp'
netdev.c:4471: structure has no member named `next_to_watch'
netdev.c:4492: structure has no member named `length'
netdev.c:4493: structure has no member named `time_stamp'
netdev.c:4503: structure has no member named `next_to_watch'
netdev.c:4521: structure has no member named `next_to_watch'
netdev.c: In function `e1000_tx_queue':
netdev.c:4578: structure has no member named `length'
netdev.c: In function `e1000_change_mtu':
netdev.c:4870: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:4870: parse error before `;'
netdev.c:4877: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:4877: parse error before `;'
netdev.c: In function `e1000_init_phy_wakeup':
netdev.c:5064: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:5064: parse error before `;'
netdev.c:5071: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:5071: parse error before `;'
netdev.c:5077: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:5077: parse error before `;'
netdev.c: In function `e1000_probe':
netdev.c:5754: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:5754: parse error before `;'
netdev.c:5796: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:5796: parse error before `;'
netdev.c:5806: warning: pointer type mismatch in conditional expression
netdev.c:5806: parse error before `;'
make: *** [netdev.o] Error 1

Best regards,
Marco
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Re: e1000e-1.1.2 Compile errors with 2.4.37 and gcc 2.95.3

[Ben Hutchings]

On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 10:58 +0100, Marco Schwarz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I get the following output when trying to compile e1000e-1.1.2 with Linux Kernel 2.4.37 and gcc 2.95.3 (e1000-8.0.16 compiles fine):
[...]

netdev only deals with recent 2.6 kernels.  I'm amazed that Intel still
wastes time on 2.4.

Ben.

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