Re: compat-driver doesn't compile

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On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Manu <vbmanu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>      >      | What kernel are you on?
>>      >      |
>>      >      | uname -r
>>      >
>>      > 3.6.11+
>
>>      What is this + postfix here ? What distribution are you running? Is
>>      this a vanilla kernel from kernel.org or some modified Linux
>>      distribution kernel? When distributions decide they want to
>>      incorporate some behavior from future kernels into older kernels they
>>      break proper kernel backport detection / support and this requires
>>      manual intervention on compat / compat-drivers. So for example RHEL
>>      and SUSE kernels are supported on compat / compat-drivers. Other than
>>      that we support vanilla kernels. The better you describe where your
>>      kernel came from the better we are able to provide support. Also
>>      please note that every single compat-drivers release come already
>>      compile tested against all supported kernels: 2.6.24 - 3.9, so hearing
>>      a compile issue is odd. One other possibility on a compile issue other
>>      than a custom distro hacked kernel is a different kernel
>>      configuration. Right now we use a basic desktop type like kernel
>>      configuration for our tests.
>
> I'm running Gentoo/arm on RaspberryPi Kernel. I'm not an expert, but I
> think the error depends on PCI missing on arm architecture.

I don't expect you to be an expert, and supporting RasberryPi's kernel
seems like a worthwhile effort to support, so I'd gladly accept
patches for whoever wants to support that if the kernel can be
identified somehow.

  Luis
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