Re: 2.1.123 and fbcon.c
Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 20:06:46 +0200 (CEST)
On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Serguei Koubouchine wrote:
> On 28 Sep 1998, Michael Harnois wrote:
> > Am I the only one for whom 2.1.123 fbcon.c doesn't compile?
> >
> > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/src/linux-2.1.108/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -march=pentium -DCPU=586 -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c fbcon.c
> > fbcon.c: In function `fbcon_setup':
> > fbcon.c:505: too few arguments to function `set_palette'
> > fbcon.c: In function `fbcon_scroll':
> > fbcon.c:1016: `SM_LEFT' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > fbcon.c:1016: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> > fbcon.c:1016: for each function it appears in.)
> > fbcon.c:1021: `SM_RIGHT' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > make[3]: *** [fbcon.o] Error 1
>
> This is broken since 2.1.122 through 123pre1-3 and ac2. But this is not the
> end of the whole story, when you're through this, the kernel won't link
> because of missing external variable initmem_freed ... A patch
> (initmem_freed stuff is done for i386 only) follows...
Please don't waste your time on creating these patches. These things are
functional in the vger tree (ftp://vger.rutgers.edu/pub/linux/README.CVS).
Greetings,
Geert
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Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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