> Compiling 2.3.3 I get:
>
> make[2]: Entering directory `/o2/233/linux/drivers/scsi'
> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/o2/233/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2
> -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -march=pentium
> -mcpu=pentium -DCPU=586 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include
> /o2/233/linux/include/linux/modversions.h -c -o st.o st.c
> st.c: In function `st_attach':
> st.c:3383: incompatible types in assignment
> make[2]: *** [st.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/o2/233/linux/drivers/scsi'
> make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_scsi] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/o2/233/linux/drivers'
> make: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2
>
>
>
> Line in question:
>
>
...
> tpnt->devt = MKDEV(SCSI_TAPE_MAJOR, i);
> tpnt->dirty = 0;
> -> tpnt->waiting = NULL;
> tpnt->in_use = 0;
...
This is not the correct way to initialise the wait queue (it should be
done with init_waitqueue_head()). However, the simplest fix is to remove
this line and the definition of waiting in st.h (the wait queue has been
unused for quite a long time ;-).
Kai
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