Why don't you give a try without -DMODVERSIONS and -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/linux/modversion.h Regards Mohanlal ----- Original Message ----- From: "LinuxTyro" <linuxtyro@yahoo.com> To: <kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 8:15 AM Subject: compile problems > Hi everyone, > > This is my first shot at kernel programming so please > bear with me. > I am using Rubini's Device Driver book (2nd ed)as a > guide and trying to compile one of the sample device > drivers (scull). However I get tons of errors & > warnings when trying to compile and all of them point > to errors in the kernel sources. I have specified my > KERNELDIR(=/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8) in the make > command line arguments. Here is a sample of the > output the make command that I get when I do a make > KERNELDIR(=/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8) .I havent included > all the errors as it is huge. > > *************** > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE > -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include -DMODVERSIONS > -include > /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/linux/modversions.h > -O2 -I.. -c -o main.o main.c > In file included from > /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/linux/prefetch.h:13, > from > /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/linux/list.h:6, > from > /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/linux/module.h:12, > from main.c:25: > /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/asm/processor.h:60: > warning: parameter names (without types) in function > declaration > /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/asm/processor.h:60: > field `loops_per_jiffy_R_ver_str' declared as a > function > /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/asm/processor.h:82: > invalid suffix on integer constant > /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/asm/processor.h:82: > parse error before numeric constant > /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/include/asm/processor.h:265: > invalid suffix on integer constant > ************** > The program exits with an Error 1. > I have compiled and loaded a simple helloworld module > in this same kernel. I am not sure what I am doing > wrong. > Can anyone give me some direction? > > Thanks for your help > > R S > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
