Re: compile problem with 2.6.36 kernel

Hello James!

madwifi_trunk is not yet ported to 2.6.36. See the last three
svn-checkin logs:

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r4132 | proski | 2010-06-19 20:27:20 +0200 (Sa, 19. Jun 2010)
Fix support for Linux 2.6.11, which lacks <linux/sort.h>
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r4131 | proski | 2010-06-19 20:26:01 +0200 (Sa, 19. Jun 2010)
Fix support for Linux 2.6.0 - 2.6.2, which lack netdev_priv()
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r4130 | proski | 2010-06-19 20:24:35 +0200 (Sa, 19. Jun 2010)
Add support for Linux 2.6.35
<snap>

Last madwifi check-in dated June 2010, but kernel 2.6.36 is dated
October 2010!

Therefore latest support has been done for 2.6.35. Maybe Pavel has some
more time somewhen, but I don't know, if he's working on it anymore at
all and updating for latest kernels. If not - try it on your own ;-) And
don't forget to tell Pavel in order to make your work available to all
the others wanting to run madwifi with 2.6.36...

Kind regards,
Dennis Borgmann

James L schrieb:
> I tried compiling the svn trunk and I got this error:
> Checking kernel configuration... FAILED
> Please enable wireless extensions.
> I have enabled:
> cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility
>
> I commented out the check and I got a compile error:
>   CC [M] 
> /storage/downloads/linux/wireless/madwifi-0.9.4-r4166-20101202/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.o
> /storage/downloads/linux/wireless/madwifi-0.9.4-r4166-20101202/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c:5747:
> error: unknown field 'private' specified in initializer
> cc1: warnings being treated as errors
> /storage/downloads/linux/wireless/madwifi-0.9.4-r4166-20101202/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c:5747:
> error: initialization from incompatible pointer type
> /storage/downloads/linux/wireless/madwifi-0.9.4-r4166-20101202/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c:5748:
> error: unknown field 'num_private' specified in initializer
> /storage/downloads/linux/wireless/madwifi-0.9.4-r4166-20101202/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c:5748:
> error: excess elements in struct initializer
> /storage/downloads/linux/wireless/madwifi-0.9.4-r4166-20101202/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c:5748:
> error: (near initialization for 'ieee80211_iw_handler_def')
> /storage/downloads/linux/wireless/madwifi-0.9.4-r4166-20101202/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c:5749:
> error: unknown field 'private_args' specified in initializer
> /storage/downloads/linux/wireless/madwifi-0.9.4-r4166-20101202/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c:5749:
> error: excess elements in struct initializer
> /storage/downloads/linux/wireless/madwifi-0.9.4-r4166-20101202/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c:5749:
> error: (near initialization for 'ieee80211_iw_handler_def')
> /storage/downloads/linux/wireless/madwifi-0.9.4-r4166-20101202/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c:5750:
> error: unknown field 'num_private_args' specified in initializer
> /storage/downloads/linux/wireless/madwifi-0.9.4-r4166-20101202/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c:5750:
> error: excess elements in struct initializer
> /storage/downloads/linux/wireless/madwifi-0.9.4-r4166-20101202/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c:5750:
> error: (near initialization for 'ieee80211_iw_handler_def')
> /storage/downloads/linux/wireless/madwifi-0.9.4-r4166-20101202/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c:
> In function 'ieee80211_ioctl_vattach':
> /storage/downloads/linux/wireless/madwifi-0.9.4-r4166-20101202/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c:5838:
> error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'wireless_handlers'
> make[3]: ***
> [/storage/downloads/linux/wireless/madwifi-0.9.4-r4166-20101202/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.o]
> Error 1
> make[2]: ***
> [/storage/downloads/linux/wireless/madwifi-0.9.4-r4166-20101202/net80211]
> Error 2
> make[1]: ***
> [_module_/storage/downloads/linux/wireless/madwifi-0.9.4-r4166-20101202]
> Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.36'
> make: *** [modules] Error 2
>
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