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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:51:48 -0500
From: "Andrey Vul" <andrey.vul@gmail.com>
To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Subject: Re: cannot compile compat-wireless-2.6-old
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On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 16:30, Andrey Vul <andrey.vul@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 15:32, Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 09:57:57AM -0800, Andrey Vul wrote:
>>> I cannot compile the current compat tarball.
>>> Make log:
>>> ./scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.sh config.mk > include/linux/compat_autoconf.h
>>> make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.26.6-rt11/ M=/root/compat-wireless-2.6-old modules
>>> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.26.6-rt11'
>>>  CC [M]  /root/compat-wireless-2.6-old/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.o
>>> In file included from <command-line>:0:
>>> /root/compat-wireless-2.6-old/include/net/compat.h:877: error:
>>> redefinition of 'list_splice_tail'
>>> include/linux/list.h:356: error: previous definition of
>>> 'list_splice_tail' was here
>>> /root/compat-wireless-2.6-old/include/net/compat.h:892: error:
>>> redefinition of 'list_splice_tail_init'
>>> include/linux/list.h:379: error: previous definition of
>>> 'list_splice_tail_init' was here
>>
>> list_splice_tail was added as of 2.6.27, and you have 2.6.26. Which
>> means your kernel headers for your box are completely messed up. This
>> means you can expect a kernel panic if you were to successfully
>> compile external modules. Go fix that first.
>>
I have $(uname -r)/include/linux/list.h containing list_splice_tail,
where uname -r is 2.6.26.5-rt9.
Frankly, I need rt and the code for my wifi card is only in the compat tarball.
Is this a problem with .[56] or with -rt?

-- 
Andrey Vul