Re: Small problem, Can anybody help me?

[Dave Jones]

On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 07:31:56PM +0530, Srinivas G. wrote:

 > I compiled it under same kernel version that is 2.4.18-3. It was showing
 > the following errors.
 > 
 > In file included from hello.c:2:
 > /usr/include/linux/module.h:60: parse error before `atomic_t'
 > /usr/include/linux/module.h:60: warning: no semicolon at end of struct
 > or union
 > /usr/include/linux/module.h:60: warning: no semicolon at end of struct
 > or union
 > /usr/include/linux/module.h:62: parse error before `}'
 > /usr/include/linux/module.h:62: warning: data definition has no type or
 > storage class
 > /usr/include/linux/module.h:91: parse error before `}'

You're trying to include userspace headers into a kernel module.
This won't fly.

 > The errors came due to a mistake in linux header file. Is it so...
 > 
 > Thanks in advance for any help you can come up with.

Last week you claimed "Linux has broken spinlocks", this week "broken includes".
I suggest a trip to http://www.kernelnewbies.org/ may be in order
before you tackle anything more complicated than a helloworld module.

		Dave

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