On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 01:36:55PM -0700, tom arnall wrote: > > I am in the middle of getting the madwifi driver to work for a d-link wireless > card. In the course of doing the make for the wifi driver, I encountered the > following error: > > make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-386' > CC [M] /home/kloro/linux/madwifi-ng/ath_hal/ah_osdep.o > In file included from include/asm/thread_info.h:16, > from include/linux/thread_info.h:21, > from include/linux/spinlock.h:12, > from include/linux/capability.h:45, > from include/linux/sched.h:7, > from include/linux/module.h:10, > from /home/kloro/linux/madwifi-ng/ath_hal/ah_osdep.c:46: > include/asm/processor.h:87: error: array type has incomplete element type > > At this point, the compiler is not dealing with madwifi stuff per se, but with > kernel source. Specifically, to the best of my research, an array variable > (object in the new parlance) needs to be declared somewhere in the .c files. > How can this be? Lots of people use the kernel code for lots of purposes. How > can this bug still be lingering around? just a hunch, but I know some projects haven't done well with the transition to gcc4.something. have you asked the madwifi people about this? A > > Thanks, > > Tom Arnall > north spit, ca > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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