> I've swapped the 2 lines (6th and 7th) but nothing happened, exactly > the same error! Strange, I would have expected it to solve at least the "config_must_be_included_before_module" error. Can you double-check you have #include <linux/config.h> before #include <linux/module.h> by now? (Didn't you forget to save the changes before compiling again?) > It prints a lot more things, I just copy some of them here and the > dmi_scan error: > > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -fomit-frame-pointer -I. > -Ikernel/include -I/usr/include > -I/lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/build/include -nostdinc -I > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3/include -Wall -O2 -c > kernel/busses/i2c-piix4.c -o kernel/busses/i2c-piix4.o In file > included from /usr/include/asm/semaphore.h:39, > from /usr/include/linux/fs.h:198, > from /usr/include/linux/capability.h:17, > from /usr/include/linux/binfmts.h:5, > from /usr/include/linux/sched.h:8, > from /usr/include/linux/mm.h:4, > from /usr/include/linux/slab.h:14, > from /usr/include/asm/pci.h:32, > from /usr/include/linux/pci.h:610, > from kernel/busses/i2c-piix4.c:34: > /usr/include/asm/system.h: In function `__set_64bit_var': > /usr/include/asm/system.h:184: warning: dereferencing type-punned > pointer will break strict-aliasing rules > /usr/include/asm/system.h:184: warning: dereferencing type-punned > pointer will break strict-aliasing rules > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -fomit-frame-pointer -I. > -Ikernel/include -I/usr/include > -I/lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/build/include -nostdinc -I > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3/include -Wall -O2 -c > kernel/busses/dmi_scan.c -o kernel/busses/dmi_scan.o In file included > from /usr/include/asm/semaphore.h:39, > from /usr/include/linux/fs.h:198, > from /usr/include/linux/capability.h:17, > from /usr/include/linux/binfmts.h:5, > from /usr/include/linux/sched.h:8, > from /usr/include/linux/mm.h:4, > from /usr/include/linux/slab.h:14, > from kernel/busses/dmi_scan.c:13: > /usr/include/asm/system.h: In function `__set_64bit_var': > /usr/include/asm/system.h:184: warning: dereferencing type-punned > pointer will break strict-aliasing rules > /usr/include/asm/system.h:184: warning: dereferencing type-punned > pointer will break strict-aliasing rules > kernel/busses/dmi_scan.c: At top level: > kernel/busses/dmi_scan.c:232: error: parse error before > "config_must_be_included_before_module" > kernel/busses/dmi_scan.c:232: warning: type defaults to `int' in > declaration of `config_must_be_included_before_module' > kernel/busses/dmi_scan.c:232: warning: data definition has no type or > storage class > kernel/busses/dmi_scan.c:233: error: parse error before > "config_must_be_included_before_module" > kernel/busses/dmi_scan.c:233: warning: type defaults to `int' in > declaration of `config_must_be_included_before_module' > kernel/busses/dmi_scan.c:233: warning: data definition has no type or > storage class > make: *** [kernel/busses/dmi_scan.o] Error 1 OK, there are actually much more errors than you first told. I guess you are on an IA-64 system, using gcc-3.3? Are there no warnings at all for the other modules? Just i2c-piix4 and dmi_scan? -- Jean Delvare http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/
