On Jul 4, 17:34, Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org> wrote: > > I'm trying to compile lm_sensors 2.8.7. I compiled and installed > > i2c-2.8.7, and I am compiling against the kernel source for the > > running kernel and the source tree is the one used to compile the > > current kernel. However, it is a SuSE kernel, version 2.4.16, not one > > of the pristine kernels from kernel.org. > > > > I poked around briefly in the code to try to understand what is going > > on, but basically I found that I was as confused as the compiler by > > the code. My compiler is gcc 2.95.3. > > > > adrian> make > > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -fomit-frame-pointer -I. > > -Ikernel/include -I/usr/local/include > > -I/lib/modules/2.4.16/build/include -nostdinc -I > > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.3/include -Wall -O2 -c > > kernel/busses/i2c-ali1535.c -o kernel/busses/i2c-ali1535.o > > kernel/busses/i2c-ali1535.c:571: warning: implicit declaration of > > function `__devexit_p' kernel/busses/i2c-ali1535.c:571: initializer > > element is not constant kernel/busses/i2c-ali1535.c:571: (near > > initialization for `ali1535_driver.remove') > > kernel/busses/i2c-ali1535.c:572: initializer element is not constant > > kernel/busses/i2c-ali1535.c:572: (near initialization for > > `ali1535_driver') make: *** [kernel/busses/i2c-ali1535.o] Error 1 > > Yeah, known problem. We pretend to support kernels starting from 2.4.9 > but there are several changes that broke compatibility after lm_sensors > 2.7.0 and you actually need a kernel >= 2.4.17. Feel free to submit > fixes if you know what to do. Or you have two choices: > 1* Upgrade kernel to 2.4.17. > 2* Downgrade lm_sensors to 2.7.0. I get a similar problem when I downgrade lm_sensors to 2.7.0. I tried using my existing i2c 2.8.7, and I also tried dropping back to i2c 2.7.0. Using the approved combination of lm_sensors 2.70 with i2c 2.7.0 I got this: gcc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -fomit-frame-pointer -I. -Ikernel/include -I/usr/local/include -I/lib/modules/2.4.16/build/include -O2 -c kernel/busses/i2c-amd8111.c -o kernel/busses/i2c-amd8111.o kernel/busses/i2c-amd8111.c:500: initializer element is not constant kernel/busses/i2c-amd8111.c:500: (near initialization for `amd8111_driver.remove') kernel/busses/i2c-amd8111.c:501: initializer element is not constant kernel/busses/i2c-amd8111.c:501: (near initialization for `amd8111_driver') make: *** [kernel/busses/i2c-amd8111.o] Error 1 I'm afraid that I don't know how to write the fixes, so I guess that leaves upgrading the kernel as the sole option. (I'm planning to move to a 2.6 kernel.)
