On 10/25/2010 01:44 PM, Arnd Hannemann wrote:
> Am 25.10.2010 20:36, schrieb Larry Finger:
>> On 10/25/2010 01:26 PM, Arnd Hannemann wrote:
>>> Am 25.10.2010 17:32, schrieb Larry Finger:
>>>> On 10/25/2010 09:41 AM, Arnd Hannemann wrote:
>>>>> On todays linus tree the following compile error happened to me:
>>>>>
>>>>>   CC [M]  drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/xmit.o
>>>>> In file included from include/net/dst.h:11,
>>>>>                  from drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/xmit.c:31:
>>>>> include/net/dst_ops.h:28: error: expected ':', ',', ';', '}' or '__attribute__' before '____cacheline_aligned_in_smp'
>>>>> include/net/dst_ops.h: In function 'dst_entries_get_fast':
>>>>> include/net/dst_ops.h:33: error: 'struct dst_ops' has no member named 'pcpuc_entries'
>>>>> include/net/dst_ops.h: In function 'dst_entries_get_slow':
>>>>> include/net/dst_ops.h:41: error: 'struct dst_ops' has no member named 'pcpuc_entries'
>>>>> include/net/dst_ops.h: In function 'dst_entries_add':
>>>>> include/net/dst_ops.h:49: error: 'struct dst_ops' has no member named 'pcpuc_entries'
>>>>> include/net/dst_ops.h: In function 'dst_entries_init':
>>>>> include/net/dst_ops.h:55: error: 'struct dst_ops' has no member named 'pcpuc_entries'
>>>>> include/net/dst_ops.h: In function 'dst_entries_destroy':
>>>>> include/net/dst_ops.h:60: error: 'struct dst_ops' has no member named 'pcpuc_entries'
>>>>> make[4]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/xmit.o] Error 1
>>>>> make[3]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy] Error 2
>>>>> make[2]: *** [drivers/net/wireless] Error 2
>>>>> make[1]: *** [drivers/net] Error 2
>>>>> make: *** [drivers] Error 2
>>>>>
>>>>> This patch fixes this issue by adding "linux/cache.h" as an include to
>>>>> "include/net/dst_ops.h".
>>>>
>>>> Strange. Compiling b43legacy from the linux-2.6.git tree (git describe is
>>>> v2.6.36-4464-g229aebb) works fine on x86_64. I wonder what is different.
>>>
>>> Exactly the same git describe here.
>>> Maybe your arch includes cache.h already, in my case its a compile for ARM (shmobile).
>>
>> That probably makes the difference. Using Eric's fix that removes the #include
>> <linux/dst.h> should be better. Does it work for you?
>>
>> There are probably a lot more of the system includes that may not be needed. If
>> I send you a patch removing them, could you test?
> 
> As it turns out my card is not supported by b43legacy, but compilation testing,
> sure I can test that.

If it is a Broadcom card, it is likely handled by b43.

Attached is a trial removal of a number of include statements. Does it compile?

Larry