Bug#325014: Bug#325006: kernel-source 2.6.11 fails to compile with kernel-package on AMD64

[Horms <horms@debian.org>]

merge 325006 325004 325011 325014
tag 325006 +wontfix
tag 325004 +wontfix
tag 325011 +wontfix
tag 325014 +wontfix
thanks

On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 02:42:50PM +0000, Howard Shane wrote:
> Package: kernel-source-2.6.11
> Version: 2.6.11-7
> 
> I get the following error upon attempting to compile using make-kpkg:
> 
>  In file included from fs/compat_ioctl.c:69,
>                  from arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_ioctl.c:14:
>  include/linux/i2c.h:58: error: array type has incomplete element type
>  include/linux/i2c.h:197: error: array type has incomplete element type
>  make[2]: *** [arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_ioctl.o] Error 1
>  make[1]: *** [arch/x86_64/ia32] Error 2
>  make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.11'
>  make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2
> 
> on a fresh install of amd64 unstable branch.

Hi Howard,

This problem is is caused by 2.6.11 not being able to be compiled
by gcc-4.0 which is the default compiler. You can resolve this problem
by compiling with gcc-3.3. And this can be achived by installing 
gcc-3.3 and editing the top-level Makefile in the kenrel tree to
replace instances of gcc with gcc-3.3. This problem has already
been resolved upstream in 2.6.12, and you are encoraged 
to use linux-source-2.6.12 if possible as 2.6.11 is debricated
and will soon be removed from the archive.

-- 
Horms