Re: Configuration error running su in unstable

[Maximillian Murphy <m@de-minimis.co.uk>]

Dear All,

Purchased the "Linux Device Drivers" 2nd edition book.  First bit of 
code:  A hello world module.  Won't compile on my system.  Instead it 
comes back with a stream of errors complaining about code in the 
_main_linux_source_tree_ .. so there's evidently something wrong with my 
setup.  Can anyone help me?  First steps sometimes being the hardest!  
Also, do you know of any device driver or kernel forums that specialise 
in this kind of thing and don't mind being asked dumb questions?

Details of my setup and the errors I'm getting:

gcc version:  3.3.5 (apt-get upgrade running as I type to pull this up 
to the latest version)

kernel version:  2.6.6

beginning of the error stream:

In file included from /usr/include/linux/sched.h:12,
                from /usr/include/linux/module.h:10,
                from hello_world_module.c:2:
/usr/include/linux/jiffies.h:16: error: parse error before "jiffies_64"
/usr/include/linux/jiffies.h:20: error: parse error before "get_jiffies_64"
In file included from /usr/include/linux/cpumask.h:8,
                from /usr/include/linux/sched.h:15,
                from /usr/include/linux/module.h:10,
                from hello_world_module.c:2:
/usr/include/linux/bitmap.h: In function `bitmap_empty':
/usr/include/linux/bitmap.h:15: error: `BITS_PER_LONG' undeclared (first 
use in
this function)


and so on....


Any help appreciated.

Regards, Max