Kernel 2.5.33 compile errors (Re: Kernel 2.5.33 successfully compiled)

[Oliver Pitzeier <o.pitzeier@uptime.at>]

On Tuesday 03 September 2002 18:18, Oliver Pitzeier wrote:
> On Tuesday 03 September 2002 18:14, Thunder from the hill wrote:
[ ... ]
> No. It seems simply missing. In 2.5.32 it is there. On the right place.
> :o))))
>
> > > > process.c: In function `alpha_clone':
> > > > process.c:268: too few arguments to function `do_fork'
> > > > process.c: In function `alpha_vfork':
> > > > process.c:277: too few arguments to function `do_fork'
> > > > make[1]: *** [process.o] Error 1
> > > > make[1]: Leaving directory
> >
> > Yes, the syntax changed.

OK, after calling do_fork with "NULL" as extra argument. It compiles.

(No, I do not want to make the kernel run fine [currently], but I want to 
trace down the count of bugs to a countable value. :o) )

[ ... ]

OK. The next problem seems harded to me (Maybe Ivan can help a bit!?):

  gcc -Wp,-MD,./.irq.o.d -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include -Wall 
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer 
-fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mno-fp-regs -ffixed-8 -msmall-data 
-mcpu=ev5 -Wa,-mev6 -nostdinc -iwithprefix include    -DKBUILD_BASENAME=irq   
-c -o irq.o irq.c
In file included from irq.c:15:
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h:28: warning: `struct task_struct' 
declared inside parameter list
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h:28: warning: its scope is only 
this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h:29: warning: `struct task_struct' 
declared inside parameter list
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h:30: warning: `struct task_struct' 
declared inside parameter list
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h:31: warning: `struct task_struct' 
declared inside parameter list
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h:32: warning: `struct task_struct' 
declared inside parameter list
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h:33: warning: `struct task_struct' 
declared inside parameter list
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h:35: warning: `struct task_struct' 
declared inside parameter list
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h:36: warning: `struct task_struct' 
declared inside parameter list
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h:39: warning: `struct task_struct' 
declared inside parameter list
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h: In function `ptrace_link':
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h:41: dereferencing pointer to 
incomplete type
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h:42: warning: passing arg 1 of 
`__ptrace_link' from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h:42: warning: passing arg 2 of 
`__ptrace_link' from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h: At top level:
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h:44: warning: `struct task_struct' 
declared inside parameter list
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h: In function `ptrace_unlink':
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h:46: dereferencing pointer to 
incomplete type
/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/include/linux/ptrace.h:47: warning: passing arg 1 of 
`__ptrace_unlink' from incompatible pointer type
make[1]: *** [irq.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.5.33/arch/alpha/kernel'
make: *** [arch/alpha/kernel] Error 2

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Oliver Pitzeier
UNIX Administrator
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