Re: ioctl definition - has it changed recently?

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Sat Aug 14 2010 - 17:01:04 EST


On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 10:53:17PM +0200, Piotr Hosowicz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I build new kernels when they become available. Now I have a problem.
> After I install new kernel I have to run NVidia setup script. Starting
> from git15 it fails, see attached file. The error line is here:
>
> /tmp/selfgz6622/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-256.35/kernel/nv.c: At top level:
> /tmp/selfgz6622/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-256.35/kernel/nv.c:426: error:
> unknown field âioctlâ specified in initializer
> /tmp/selfgz6622/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-256.35/kernel/nv.c:426: warning:
> initialization from incompatible pointer type

The likely culprint is:
b19dd42faf413b4705d4adb38521e82d73fa4249
(bkl: Remove locked .ioctl file operation)

This commit finally killed ioctl from file_operations, as part of the
bkl removal project.


Sam
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