Re: basic module bug

[Bob McElrath <mcelrath@draal.physics.wisc.edu>]

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Evgeny Polyakov [johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru] wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> On Sat, 25 Aug 2001 00:59:57 -0500
> Bob McElrath <mcelrath@draal.physics.wisc.edu> wrote:
> 
> BM> both egcs 2.91.66 and redhat's gcc 2.96-85 barf on it:
> 
> BM> In file included from /usr/src/linux/include/asm/semaphore.h:11,
> BM> from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/fs.h:198,
> <...>
> BM> used for global register variable
> 
> BM> What have I done wrong?
> 
> How do you compile this module?
> I've just trying to do this with the following command and all is OK:
> gcc ./test.c -c -o ./test.o -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE.

That's because if you -D__KERNEL__ the whole file is ifdef'ed out.  ;)

Remove the #ifdef __KERNEL__ stuff if you want to compile it that way.

> BM> Thanks,
> BM> -- Bob
> 
> ---
> WBR. //s0mbre
-- Bob

Bob McElrath (rsmcelrath@students.wisc.edu) 
Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, Department of Physics

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