RE: compiling snull.c

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Hi,

Where can I find this kern_compat.h?
Do I have to make this file and put it in the include
dir?
Thanks...

-liz



--- Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, grace baldonasa wrote:
> 
> > This is exactly the error:
> > 
> > macro "dev_kfree_skb" passed two arguments but
> takes
> > just 1.
> 
> This was one of the classic screw-ups in changing
> the Linux network
> API.  You should never change the arg count to a
> function and leave its
> name the same.  It make breaks both backwards and
> forward compatibility.
> 
> Here is the code I use in "kern_compat.h" to work
> around this bogosity
> 
> ________________
> /* The arg count changed, but function name did not.
>    We cover that bad choice by defining a new name.
> */
> #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < 0x20159
> #define dev_free_skb(skb) dev_kfree_skb(skb,
> FREE_WRITE);
> #define dev_free_skb_irq(skb) dev_kfree_skb(skb,
> FREE_WRITE);
> #elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE < 0x20400
> #define dev_free_skb(skb) dev_kfree_skb(skb);
> #define dev_free_skb_irq(skb) dev_kfree_skb(skb);
> #else
> #define dev_free_skb(skb) dev_kfree_skb(skb);
> #define dev_free_skb_irq(skb)
> dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
> #endif
> ________________
> 
> -- 
> Donald Becker				becker@scyld.com
> Scyld Computing Corporation		http://www.scyld.com
> 410 Severn Ave. Suite 210		Second Generation Beowulf
> Clusters
> Annapolis MD 21403			410-990-9993
> 


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