Re: cannot compile latest 2.4-benh kernel (2.6 as well?)

[Nathanael Hasbrouck <natbrouck@webryders.net>]

On Tuesday 16 December 2003 09:05, Giuseppe Sacco wrote:
> Hi all,
> today I rsync'd from linux-2.4-benh and I tried to compile the kernel. I
> get some errors that I cannot fix. Could anyone help me?
>
> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4-benh/include -Wall
> -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common
> -fomit-frame-pointer -I/usr/src/linux-2.4-benh/arch/ppc -fsigned-char
> -msoft-float -pipe -ffixed-r2 -Wno-uninitialized -mmultiple -mstring
> -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=nvram  -c -o nvram.o
> nvram.c
> nvram.c: In function `nvram_ioctl':
> nvram.c:78: error: `OBSOLETE_PMAC_NVRAM_GET_OFFSET' undeclared (first
> use in this function)
> nvram.c:78: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> nvram.c:78: error: for each function it appears in.)
> nvram.c:79: error: `IOC_NVRAM_GET_OFFSET' undeclared (first use in this
> function)
> nvram.c:90: error: `IOC_NVRAM_SYNC' undeclared (first use in this
> function)
> nvram.c:91: warning: implicit declaration of function `pmac_nvram_sync'
> make[4]: *** [nvram.o] Error 1
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4-benh/drivers/macintosh'
> make[3]: *** [first_rule] Error 2

FWIW, I have the same problem with a current rsync of benh's 2.4 tree 
(2.4.23-ben1).  But, I also just rsynced and attempted to build 2.6.0-ben1 
(both are from source.mvista.com) and am getting strangely similar errors.   
Fine to this point:

  CC      arch/ppc/platforms/pmac_nvram.o
arch/ppc/platforms/pmac_nvram.c: In function `pmac_nvram_init':
arch/ppc/platforms/pmac_nvram.c:546: error: `pmu_nvram_read_byte' undeclared 
(first use in this function)
arch/ppc/platforms/pmac_nvram.c:546: error: (Each undeclared identifier is 
reported only once
arch/ppc/platforms/pmac_nvram.c:546: error: for each function it appears in.)
arch/ppc/platforms/pmac_nvram.c:547: error: `pmu_nvram_write_byte' undeclared 
(first use in this function)
make[2]: *** [arch/ppc/platforms/pmac_nvram.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [arch/ppc/platforms] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linuxppc-2.5-benh'
make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2

Can anyone smarter than I am verify whether or not this is a code problem or a 
config/local problem?  I am not coder, unfortunately. :^)

NRH
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