Re: linux 2.4.22 compile error

[Herbert Poetzl]

On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 10:40:36AM +0200, Ottavio Campana wrote:
> I just downloaded  linux 2.4.22 and applied the  following patches: xfs,
> i2c 2.8.0 and lm_sensors 2.8.0 .
> 
> The kernel is failing to compile, here's the error:
> 
> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes 
> -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer 
> -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -malign-functions=4 
> -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.22/include/linux/modversions.h
> -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=bttv_if  -DEXPORT_SYMTAB 
> -c bttv-if.c
> bttv-if.c:244: unknown field `inc_use' specified in initializer
> bttv-if.c:244: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
> bttv-if.c:245: unknown field `dec_use' specified in initializer
> bttv-if.c:245: warning: missing braces around initializer
> bttv-if.c:245: warning: (near initialization for `bttv_i2c_adap_template.name')
> bttv-if.c:245: warning: initialization makes integer from pointer without a cast
> bttv-if.c:245: initializer element is not computable at load time
> bttv-if.c:245: (near initialization for `bttv_i2c_adap_template.name[0]')
> bttv-if.c:246: unknown field `name' specified in initializer
> bttv-if.c:246: warning: initialization makes integer from pointer without a cast
> bttv-if.c:246: initializer element is not computable at load time
> bttv-if.c:246: (near initialization for `bttv_i2c_adap_template.name[1]')
> bttv-if.c:247: unknown field `id' specified in initializer
> bttv-if.c:248: unknown field `client_register' specified in initializer
> bttv-if.c:248: warning: initialization makes integer from pointer without a cast
> bttv-if.c:248: initializer element is not computable at load time
> bttv-if.c:248: (near initialization for `bttv_i2c_adap_template.name[3]')
> make[4]: *** [bttv-if.o] Error 1
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/drivers/media/video'
> make[3]: *** [_modsubdir_video] Error 2
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/drivers/media'
> make[2]: *** [_modsubdir_media] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/drivers'
> make[1]: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.22'
> make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2
> 
> I've given  a look  a bttv-if, but  I can't understand  the error,  so I
> can't help more than this. I'm using gcc 2.95.4 .
> 
> If you need more  infos can you please cc me, for  I'm not subscribed to
> the list?

at least the lines of bttv-if.c around 240 would be helpful,
better put the whole tree on the web somewhere ...

best,
Herbert

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