Linux 2.4.20-pre2 compile error

["Chad Young" <skidley@roadrunner.nf.net>]

any idea what causes these errors?

make[3]: Entering directory
`/home/skidley/kernel/linux-2.4.20-pre2/fs/partitions'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/home/skidley/kernel/linux-2.4.20-pre2/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686
-nostdinc -I /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.4/include
-DKBUILD_BASENAME=check  -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c check.c
check.c: In function `devfs_register_disc':
check.c:328: structure has no member named `number'
check.c:329: structure has no member named `number'
check.c: In function `devfs_register_partitions':
check.c:361: structure has no member named `number'
make[3]: *** [check.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/home/skidley/kernel/linux-2.4.20-pre2/fs/partitions'
make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/home/skidley/kernel/linux-2.4.20-pre2/fs/partitions'
make[1]: *** [_subdir_partitions] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/skidley/kernel/linux-2.4.20-pre2/fs'
make: *** [_dir_fs] Error 2
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