From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964964AbVH0Seb (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:34:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964971AbVH0Sea (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:34:30 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:20924 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S964964AbVH0Sea (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:34:30 -0400 Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 11:34:27 -0700 From: "Randy.Dunlap" To: "J. B." Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel compile error in bootsplash.c Message-Id: <20050827113427.4ab46fa3.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <16842018.1125165215948.JavaMail.root@orville> References: <16842018.1125165215948.JavaMail.root@orville> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 19:53:35 +0200 (CEST) J. B. wrote: > I try to compile a 2.6.10 kernel but it stops with an error > in bootsplash.c. I have everything set in my .config file in /usr/src/linux for bootsplash support. > > Anybody an idea. Where should i start to look? I am a newbie in kernel world This is in a vendor kernel, right? So please take it up with that vendor. Kernels from kernel.org don't contain drivers/video/bootsplash/* > in file included from drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:18: > include/linux/fb.h:869: error: array type has incomplete element type > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:37: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:38: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:39: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:40: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:41: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:42: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:43: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:44: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:45: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:46: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:47: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:48: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:49: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:50: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:52: warning: pointer targets in initialization differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c: In function 'splash_verbose': > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:572: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'splashcopy' differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:572: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of 'splashcopy' differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c: In function 'splash_prepare': > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:642: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'splashcopy' differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c: In function 'splash_write_proc': > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:788: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'boxit' differ in signedness > drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.c:789: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'boxit' differ in signedness > make[5]: *** [drivers/video/bootsplash/bootsplash.o] Error 1 > make[4]: *** [drivers/video/bootsplash] Error 2 > make[3]: *** [drivers/video] Error 2 > make[2]: *** [drivers] Error 2 > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.10' > make[1]: *** [stamp-build] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.10' > make: *** [stamp-buildpackage] Error 2 > ----------------------------------------------------- --- ~Randy