On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 03:54:14PM -0800, Andrey Vul wrote: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 12:34, Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 04:51:48PM -0800, Andrey Vul wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 16:30, Andrey Vul <andrey.vul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 15:32, Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 09:57:57AM -0800, Andrey Vul wrote: > >> >>> I cannot compile the current compat tarball. > >> >>> Make log: > >> >>> ./scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.sh config.mk > include/linux/compat_autoconf.h > >> >>> make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.26.6-rt11/ M=/root/compat-wireless-2.6-old modules > >> >>> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.26.6-rt11' > >> >>> CC [M] /root/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.o > >> >>> In file included from <command-line>:0: > >> >>> /root/compat-wireless-2.6-old/include/net/compat.h:877: error: > >> >>> redefinition of 'list_splice_tail' > >> >>> include/linux/list.h:356: error: previous definition of > >> >>> 'list_splice_tail' was here > >> >>> /root/compat-wireless-2.6-old/include/net/compat.h:892: error: > >> >>> redefinition of 'list_splice_tail_init' > >> >>> include/linux/list.h:379: error: previous definition of > >> >>> 'list_splice_tail_init' was here > >> >> > >> >> list_splice_tail was added as of 2.6.27, and you have 2.6.26. Which > >> >> means your kernel headers for your box are completely messed up. This > >> >> means you can expect a kernel panic if you were to successfully > >> >> compile external modules. Go fix that first. > >> >> > >> I have $(uname -r)/include/linux/list.h containing list_splice_tail, > >> where uname -r is 2.6.26.5-rt9. > >> Frankly, I need rt and the code for my wifi card is only in the compat tarball. > >> Is this a problem with .[56] or with -rt? > > > > Ah, yeah RT had their own list_splice_tail(), try this. BTW what driver > > are you going to be using? > > > > I'm going to be using iwl5000 which depends on iwlwifi, iwlcore, > iwlwifi-leds, and iwlwifi-rfkill . > > So, in short, all I have to do is this? > #!/bin/bash > for a in `find ~/compat-wireless-2.6-old -name '*.c' -or -name '*.h'`; do > sed -e 's/list_splice_tail/list_splice_tail27/' -i $a; > done > > The only thing I see as possibly problematic is > list_splice_tail27_init() (sed is regex after all). Yup, but since there are some RT 2.6.26 kernels out there if we want this fixed in compat-wireless-old I'd rather apply a patch there too. Anyway list_splice_tail() is only used for ath9k. Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
