Re: Noobish compilation problems

Try to use drivers from unstable or testing they have more fixes.

On 5/25/06, Bogdan Petrisor <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm a debian user and when I compiled the driver ( a long time ago...) I remember needing the
> kernel-sources package and a link somewhere in /lib/modules to the sources. I think the link was
> somewhere hidden in the driver documentation, but I can't remember right now exactly where.
>
> PS: unless your wife is editing the driver sources without you knowing I'd say keep it. And the
> distro too :):)
>
> Hope it helps...
>
> --- sebastien jousten <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I have some problems to compile the at76c503a driver on my debian system.
> > I have installed it with the netinst image of the Sarge release (3.10r2).
> > Without anything else that the basic installed packages.
> > My kernel version is 2.4.27 and my gcc version is 3.3.5.
> > If you want to know it's for making a WUSB11 v2.6 device works.
> >
> > My problem is :
> >
> > xxx@xxx:~/at76c503-0.11$ make
> > gcc -MD -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common
> > -Wn
> >
> > o-sign-compare -Wno-unused -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DEXPORT_SYMTAB
> > -DDRIVER_VERSIO
> >
> > N=\"v0.11\" -I/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-386/build/include  -c at76c503.c
> > In file included from at76c503.c:78:
> > /usr/include/linux/kernel.h:72: error: erreur de syntaxe before "size_t"
> > /usr/include/linux/kernel.h:74: error: erreur de syntaxe before "size_t"
> > In file included from /usr/include/linux/timex.h:186,
> >                  from /usr/include/linux/sched.h:11,
> >                  from at76c503.c:79:
> > /usr/include/linux/time.h:14: error: erreur de syntaxe before "time_t"
> > /usr/include/linux/time.h:16: error: erreur de syntaxe before '}' token
> >
> > ...
> > ...
> > ...
> > 1000 error lines
> > ...
> > ...
> > ...
> >
> > /usr/include/linux/fs.h:383: error: storage size of `i_ctime' isn't known
> > /usr/include/linux/fs.h:515: error: storage size of `f_owner' isn't known
> > make: *** [at76c503.o] Erreur 1
> > xxx@xxx:~/at76c503-0.11$
> >
> > I have googled all day but I haven't found anything that solved my problem
> > not even a little clue.
> >
> > So I ask you. Could you help me to fix this thing?
> > Should I install some extra packages?
> > Should I install another compilator of change the version of mine?
> > Should I install another Linux distro?
> > Should I buy a new computer?
> > Should I change of wife?
> > Everything you'll say, I'll execute it.
> >
> > Thank you for all the answers you'll surelly give to me.
> >
> > love
> > seb.
> > Brussels, Belgium, Europe.
> >
>
>
> --------------------------------
> Democracy is the theory that the people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard
> --------------------------------
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
> http://mail.yahoo.com
> _______________________________________________
> at76c503a-user mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/at76c503a-user
>


-- 

Maxim