Re: [3c509] Compile time error on SuSE 9 with latest netdrivers.tgz file

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Kevin Martin wrote:

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> Subject: [3c509] Compile time error on SuSE 9 with latest netdrivers.tgz
>     file
> 
> SuSE Kernel revision is 2.4.21-166-default.
> 
> I'm receiving the following error when trying to build the latest 3c59x 
> driver:
>
> make KERNVER=`uname -r`
> cc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 
> -I/lib/modules/2.4.21-166-default/build/include/  -pipe 
> -fno-strength-reduce -DMODVERSIONS   -c -o 3c59x.o 3c59x.c
> 3c59x.c:600: error: initializer element is not constant
> 3c59x.c:600: error: (near initialization for `media_tbl[0].wait')

Hmmm, it looks as if you are running a modified kernel.
The likely element in common here is 'HZ', which should be defined as a
constant in
   /usr/include/asm/param.h
The first few lines of the file should have

#ifndef HZ
#define HZ 100
#endif

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