[2.5.5 ERROR] Can't compile without NFS

[2.5.5 ERROR] Can't compile without NFS

[Jean Tourrilhes]

system :
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PPro 150 SMP
Kernel 2.5.5
Debian 2.2
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.config :
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# CONFIG_NFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NFS_V3 is not set
# CONFIG_ROOT_NFS is not set
# CONFIG_NFSD is not set
# CONFIG_NFSD_V3 is not set
# CONFIG_SUNRPC is not set
# CONFIG_LOCKD is not set
---------------

make install :
----------------
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.5/fs'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.5/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686   -DKBUILD_BASENAME=filesystems  -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c filesystems.c
filesystems.c: In function `sys_nfsservctl':
filesystems.c:30: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
filesystems.c:30: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
filesystems.c:30: warning: value computed is not used
filesystems.c:32: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
filesystems.c:33: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
filesystems.c:33: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
filesystems.c:33: warning: value computed is not used
make[2]: *** [filesystems.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.5/fs'
make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.5/fs'
make: *** [_dir_fs] Error 2
----------------

	Of course, enabling NFSD fix this problem...

	Jean

Re: [2.5.5 ERROR] Can't compile without NFS

[Neil Brown]

On Tuesday February 26, jt@bougret.hpl.hp.com wrote:
> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.5/fs'
> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.5/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686   -DKBUILD_BASENAME=filesystems  -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c filesystems.c
> filesystems.c: In function `sys_nfsservctl':
> filesystems.c:30: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> filesystems.c:30: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> filesystems.c:30: warning: value computed is not used
....

Yeh... sorry 'bout that.

Patch sent to Linus, but didn't make it into 2.5.6-pre1.



--- ./include/linux/nfsd/interface.h	2002/02/20 21:58:11	1.1
+++ ./include/linux/nfsd/interface.h	2002/02/20 23:35:19	1.2
@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@
 
 #include <linux/config.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_MODULE
+#ifndef CONFIG_NFSD
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 
 extern struct nfsd_linkage {
 	long (*do_nfsservctl)(int cmd, void *argp, void *resp);
 	struct module *owner;
 } * nfsd_linkage;
 
+#endif
 #endif
 
 #endif /* LINUX_NFSD_INTERFACE_H */

Re: [2.5.5 ERROR] Can't compile without NFS

[Jean Tourrilhes]

On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 08:50:11AM +1100, Neil Brown wrote:
> On Tuesday February 26, jt@bougret.hpl.hp.com wrote:
> > make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.5/fs'
> > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.5/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686   -DKBUILD_BASENAME=filesystems  -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c filesystems.c
> > filesystems.c: In function `sys_nfsservctl':
> > filesystems.c:30: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> > filesystems.c:30: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> > filesystems.c:30: warning: value computed is not used
> ....
> 
> Yeh... sorry 'bout that.
> 
> Patch sent to Linus, but didn't make it into 2.5.6-pre1.

	That's ok, it was trivial to workaround.

	Jean