thanks, we'll try to incorporate these mds Bob McElrath wrote: > I am attempting to get the sensors package to compile on alpha (kernel > 2.4.21-pre7), and it does not do so cleanly. I am using the > lm-sensors-source package which is included in debian. It has a version > 2.6.5 from 20020915. (If the bugs I mention below have been fixed in a > newer version then please disregard this mail) > > First, the file kernel/busses/i2c-sis645.c must include the header > <linux/mm.h> in order to get the symbol GFP_ATOMIC. > > Second, the Makefile should grab the necessary CFLAGS for modules from > the linux/arch/$(arch)/Makefile. This can be done with a little > makefile code like this: > LINUX_SOURCE := /usr/src/linux > ARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/) > include $(LINUX_SOURCE)/arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile > This will of course set CFLAGS so maybe save it and put it in MODCFLAGS > for your makefile. In particular on alpha the compile bombs with: > /tmp/ccEu5TN5.s: Assembler messages: > /tmp/ccEu5TN5.s:73: Error: macro requires $at register while noat in effect > unless the compiler flag -mcpu=ev67 is included. (or whatever CPU the > user has) > > Cheers, > Bob McElrath [Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, Department of Physics] > > "You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the > freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." -- Abbie Hoffman >
