From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 07:15:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 07:14:58 -0400 Received: from speech.braille.uwo.ca ([129.100.109.30]:38921 "EHLO speech.braille.uwo.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 07:14:48 -0400 To: Richard Gooch Cc: Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: my patches won't compile under 2.4.7 In-Reply-To:

<200107312154.f6VLsLl00530@mobilix.ras.ucalgary.ca> From: Kirk Reiser Date: 01 Aug 2001 07:14:29 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200107312154.f6VLsLl00530@mobilix.ras.ucalgary.ca> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Actually it wasn't Alan pointing the finger it was me. I was only trying to figure out what the errors meant and they pointed to devfs_fs_kernel.h. The problem as I suspected at eh time was entirely unrelated. I moved my #include of misc_devices.h up and removed a duplicate #include for linux/init.h and poof she compiled. I am starting to become a believer in voodoo computing again I guess. On another note related to devfs though when I compile devfs in the system just hangs. I am wondering if I am registering my synth device before devfs has memory allocated. I register very early in the boot process in console_init() and experienced similar problems before because I don't think kmalloc() may be available that early in the sequence. The question then is, do you think that could be why the system is hanging with devfs configured in? Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061