Re: 1.3.33 Compile problem with ftape

Pete Clements (clem@clem.digital.net)
Wed, 11 Oct 1995 01:17:49 -0400 (EDT)

>
> You _could_ try something like this (add where appropriate, possibly
> actually best in the actual ftape module):
>
> ftape_big_buffer = __get_dma_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 5);
>
> and change the NR_FTAPE_BUFFERS (or whatever it's called) define from 3
> to 4.
>
> Does it work after that?
>
> Linus
>

I commented the offending lines out of ksyms.c and hacked your suggestion
into the ftape-2.03 source with an mm.h include and MAX_DMA_ADDRESS define,
adjusted NR_FTAPE_BUFFERS to 4 in autoconf.h.
Briefly tested and everything looks happy.

Thanks.

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Pete Clements
clem@clem.digital.net