Re: linux-2.6.9-rc3 build error

[Joerg Maier <joerg.maier@rz.uni-mannheim.de>]

He all,
Just as an remark:
2.6.9-rc4 compiles without errors even with CONFIG_ANSLCD=y and seems to 
run (at least since 20 minutes ;-) ).

yours, joerg


Joerg Maier wrote:
> He,
>
> i rund debian sarge on a powerbook 12" since a few weeks. i built my 2.6 kernels 
> for my own, but since 2.6.9-rc* i got errors. The following Error
> occurs when building:
> ##snip
> drivers/macintosh/ans-lcd.c:157: warning: passing arg 1 of `iounmap' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
> drivers/macintosh/ans-lcd.c: In function `anslcd_exit':
> drivers/macintosh/ans-lcd.c:180: warning: passing arg 1 of `iounmap' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
> drivers/macintosh/ans-lcd.c: At top level:
> drivers/macintosh/ans-lcd.c:122: error: storage size of `anslcd_fops' isn't known
> make[2]: *** [drivers/macintosh/ans-lcd.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [drivers/macintosh] Error 2
> make: *** [drivers] Error 2
> ##snap
> i thought this may be because of kernel headers and apt-gettet kernel-headers-2.6.8, 
> linux-kernel-headers 2.5.999-test7-bk-16 was already on my system. But that made no difference.
> Further debug info will be given if requestet. i know that kernel-source is not supported with apt but
> i wandered what is going wrong. 
>
> i would be very pleased if somebody knows.
>
> joerg maier