Compiling issues hal from CVS

[Stef van der Made]

Dear Guys,

After upgrading my kernel headers from 2.6.7 to 2.6.8.1 I got the 
problem resolved. It looks as if my kernel headers even with 2.6.7 where 
not good enough.

Cheers,

Stef

Stef van der Made wrote:

>
> Dear Guys,
>
> I'm trying to get hal compiled so that I can start using the latest 
> gnome software who is dependant on hal. I have been able to solve some 
> of the issues using the mailing list but I'm really stuck now. I've 
> checkedout hal yesterday from CVS and ran ./autogen.h and then make.
>
> What is my problem. During the compile I get this error
>
> In file included from linux/platform_bus_device.c:43:
> /usr/include/linux/fd.h:342: error: variable or field `__user' 
> declared void
> /usr/include/linux/fd.h:342: error: parse error before '*' token
> /usr/include/linux/fd.h:360: error: parse error before '}' token
> make[3]: *** [platform_bus_device.o] Error 1
>
> I have been looking at the offending files but I can't seem to find 
> anything wrong as I'm a not a programmer. My fd.h file which seems to 
> be causing the issue looks like this it is the kernel header file for 
> 2.6.7:
>
> <snip>
>
> /* more "out" flags */
> #define FD_RAW_FAILURE 0x10000 /* command sent to fdc, fdc returned 
> error */
> #define FD_RAW_HARDFAILURE 0x20000 /* fdc had to be reset, or timed 
> out */
>
>        void __user *data;
>        char *kernel_data; /* location of data buffer in the kernel */
>        struct floppy_raw_cmd *next; /* used for chaining of raw cmd's
>                                      * within the kernel */
>        long length; /* in: length of dma transfer. out: remaining 
> bytes */
>        long phys_length; /* physical length, if different from dma 
> length */
>        int buffer_length; /* length of allocated buffer */
>
>        unsigned char rate;
>        unsigned char cmd_count;
>        unsigned char cmd[16];
>        unsigned char reply_count;
>        unsigned char reply[16];
>        int track;
>        int resultcode;
>
>        int reserved1;
>        int reserved2;
> };
>
> #define FDRAWCMD _IO(2, 0x58)
> /* send a raw command to the fdc. Structure size not included, because of
> * batches */
>
> #define FDTWADDLE _IO(2, 0x59)
> /* flicker motor-on bit before reading a sector. Experimental */
>
>
> #define FDEJECT _IO(2, 0x5a)
> /* eject the disk */
>
> #endif
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
>
> Stef
>
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