Build failure in advansys driver - error: implicit declaration of function 'to_pci_dev'

From: Jesper Juhl
Date: Sat Aug 11 2007 - 19:45:57 EST


Trying to build current Linus git tree (head at
ac07860264bd2b18834d3fa3be47032115524cea) using the attached config
file (generated by 'make randconfig') the build fails for me with :

...
CC drivers/scsi/advansys.o
drivers/scsi/advansys.c:794:2: warning: #warning this driver is still not properly converted to the DMA API
drivers/scsi/advansys.c: In function 'advansys_board_found':
drivers/scsi/advansys.c:17781: error: implicit declaration of function 'to_pci_dev'
drivers/scsi/advansys.c:17781: warning: pointer/integer type mismatch in conditional expression
drivers/scsi/advansys.c:17788: warning: unused variable 'pci_memory_address'
drivers/scsi/advansys.c:17781: warning: unused variable 'pdev'
make[2]: *** [drivers/scsi/advansys.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [drivers/scsi] Error 2
make: *** [drivers] Error 2

This is on a Slackware Linux 12.0 system with the following
environment :

$ scripts/ver_linux
If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version.
Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes.

Linux dragon 2.6.22-g1db6178c #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jul 14 04:10:50 CEST 2007 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

Gnu C 4.1.2
Gnu make 3.81
binutils Binutils
util-linux 2.12r
mount 2.12r
module-init-tools 3.2.2
e2fsprogs 1.39
jfsutils 1.1.11
reiserfsprogs 3.6.19
xfsprogs 2.8.16
pcmciautils 014
quota-tools 3.13.
PPP 2.4.4
Linux C Library 2.5
Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.5
Linux C++ Library 6.0.8
Procps 3.2.7
Net-tools 1.60
Kbd 1.12
oprofile 0.9.2
Sh-utils 6.9
udev 111
Modules Loaded snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss lp snd_emu10k1 snd_rawmidi firmware_class snd_ac97_codec nvidia ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_seq_device snd_timer snd_page_alloc snd_util_mem agpgart sg snd_hwdep evdev ehci_hcd via_rhine k8temp

I've also attached a complete build log. If you need any further details, just ask.


Kind regards,
Jesper Juhl


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