Re: 2.5.11 framebuffer compilation error

[Miles Lane <miles@megapathdsl.net>]

I hit this error as well.  Here is the pertinent .config snippet.

#
# Console drivers
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y

#
# Frame-buffer support
#
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FB_RIVA=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y


On Sun, 2002-04-28 at 22:53, Ivan G. wrote:
> I'll know this kernel is ready for merger with the 2.4 when I can finally 
> compile it :) ... must have tried 6-7 versions by now ...
> 
> Error:
> Note...this is something new that I haven't tried to compile before.
> Error might be caused by an earlier kernel.
> However, 2.5.11 does contain a lot of screen_base changes. 
> ________________________________________________
> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.5.11/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes 
> -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common 
> -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon 
> -DKBUILD_BASENAME=fbcon_cfb8  -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c fbcon-cfb8.c
> fbcon-cfb8.c: In function `fbcon_cfb8_bmove':
> fbcon-cfb8.c:55: structure has no member named `screen_base'
> fbcon-cfb8.c:56: structure has no member named `screen_base'
> fbcon-cfb8.c:66: structure has no member named `screen_base'
> fbcon-cfb8.c:67: structure has no member named `screen_base'
> fbcon-cfb8.c:74: structure has no member named `screen_base'
> fbcon-cfb8.c:75: structure has no member named `screen_base'
> fbcon-cfb8.c:52: warning: `src' might be used uninitialized in this function
> fbcon-cfb8.c:52: warning: `dst' might be used uninitialized in this function
> fbcon-cfb8.c: In function `fbcon_cfb8_clear':
> fbcon-cfb8.c:100: structure has no member named `screen_base'
> fbcon-cfb8.c:96: warning: `dest' might be used uninitialized in this function
> fbcon-cfb8.c: In function `fbcon_cfb8_putc':
> fbcon-cfb8.c:118: structure has no member named `screen_base'
> fbcon-cfb8.c:114: warning: `dest' might be used uninitialized in this function
> fbcon-cfb8.c: In function `fbcon_cfb8_putcs':
> fbcon-cfb8.c:165: structure has no member named `screen_base'
> fbcon-cfb8.c:160: warning: `dest0' might be used uninitialized in this 
> function
> fbcon-cfb8.c: In function `fbcon_cfb8_revc':
> fbcon-cfb8.c:222: structure has no member named `screen_base'
> fbcon-cfb8.c:219: warning: `dest' might be used uninitialized in this function
> fbcon-cfb8.c: In function `fbcon_cfb8_clear_margins':
> fbcon-cfb8.c:247: structure has no member named `screen_base'
> fbcon-cfb8.c:250: structure has no member named `screen_base'
> make[3]: *** [fbcon-cfb8.o] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.5.11/drivers/video'
> make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.5.11/drivers/video'
> make[1]: *** [_subdir_video] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.5.11/drivers'
> make: *** [_dir_drivers] Error 2
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