Hi Marvin, As soon as Fedora 9 upgrades my Linux kernel to 2.6.27, I'll have a look at this non upward compatible problem. Stay tuned. Yours sincerely, - http://vouters.dyndns.org:8080/ Philippe Vouters (Fontainebleau/France) Le mercredi 22 octobre 2008 à 22:48 -0400, Marvin Stodolsky a écrit : > FYI > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: jayjwa <jayjwa@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:01 PM > Subject: Intel 536/2.6.27.x Damage Report > To: Linmodems discussion <discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Kernel development to 2.6.27.x once again broke Intel 536. The > swapping of asm/semaphore.h for linux/semaphore.h includes I believe > is correct, but I'm stuck here: > > > make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.2' > CC [M] /usr/local/src/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/locks.o > CC [M] /usr/local/src/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/softserial_io.o > CC [M] /usr/local/src/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/softserial_ioctl.o > CC [M] /usr/local/src/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/softserial.o > /usr/local/src/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/softserial.c:119: warning: > /initialization from incompatible pointer type > /usr/local/src/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/softserial.c: In function > /'softserial_background_event_handler': > /usr/local/src/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/softserial.c:367: warning: ISO > /C90 forbids mixed declarations and code > /usr/local/src/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/softserial.c:379: error: > /'struct tty_ldisc' has no member named 'write_wakeup' > /usr/local/src/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/softserial.c:384: error: > /'struct tty_ldisc' has no member named 'write_wakeup' > make[3]: *** [/usr/local/src/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv/softserial.o] > Error 1 > make[2]: *** [_module_/usr/local/src/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv] Error 2 > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.2' > make[1]: *** [536core_26] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0/coredrv > > > Looks like still more changes to the tty-related structures. Not sure > if there's errors beyond those. Every time I change 2.6.x kernel > versions all my out-of-tree networking modules break. :( >
