On 04/20/2012 05:10 PM, Oleksandr Yeremko wrote: > Dear Friends, > > I have the error described below during my attempts to build the > latest Linux wireless drivers. > > Could you, please, be so kind and explain me how to solve the problem? > > Thanks in advance, > Oleksandr > > > [root@hq compat-wireless-2012-04-15]# uname -r > 2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64 > > [root@hq compat-wireless-2012-04-15]# ./scripts/driver-select intel > Processing new driver-select request... > Backing up makefile: Makefile.bk > Backing up makefile: drivers/net/wireless/Makefile.bk > Backup exists: Makefile.bk > Backing up makefile: drivers/ssb/Makefile.bk > Backing up makefile: drivers/bcma/Makefile.bk > Backing up makefile: drivers/misc/eeprom/Makefile.bk > Backup exists: Makefile.bk > > [root@hq compat-wireless-2012-04-15]# make > ./compat/scripts/gen-compat-config.sh: line 51: KLIB_BUILD: command not found > grep: /Makefile: No such file or directory > ./scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.sh > /root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/.config > /root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/config.mk > > include/linux/compat_autoconf.h > make -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64/build > M=/root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15 modules > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64' > CC [M] /root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/compat/main.o > In file included from > /root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/include/linux/compat-2.6.h:55, > from <command-line>:0: > /root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/include/linux/compat-2.6.35.h:27: > error: static declaration of ‘irq_set_affinity_hint’ follows > non-static declaration > include/linux/interrupt.h:218: note: previous declaration of > ‘irq_set_affinity_hint’ was here > In file included from > /root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/include/linux/compat-2.6.h:61, > from <command-line>:0: > /root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/include/linux/compat-3.1.h:11: > error: redefinition of ‘__netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align’ > include/linux/skbuff.h:1512: note: previous definition of > ‘__netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align’ was here > make[3]: *** [/root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/compat/main.o] Error 1 > make[2]: *** [/root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15/compat] Error 2 > make[1]: *** [_module_/root/src/compat-wireless-2012-04-15] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64' > make: *** [modules] Error 2 Hi Oleksandr, With mainline kernel 2.6.32 I do not get these error messages. 2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64 looks like a RedHat kernel which is different from mainline kernel. Someone has to provide some patches for compat-wireless to make it work with RedHat kernel again. Hauke -- 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