Re: cannot compile kernel 2.3.15-pre1
David Odin (David.Odin@bigfoot.com)
Sat, 21 Aug 1999 13:59:42 +0200
On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 11:35:11AM +0200, Junichi Saito wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> >I've just tried to apply the .15-pre1 patch, in order to solve my
> >'free free IRQ' problem, but it fails to compile with the matrox frame buffer
> >compiled in the core kernel (not in a module)
> >gcc 2.7.2.3 complains:
> >matroxfb.c: In function `initMatrox2':
> >matroxfb.c:5878: section attribute cannot be specified for local variables
> >
> >this is the faulty line:
> > static struct fb_videomode defaultmode __initdata = {
> > /* 640x480 @ 60Hz, 31.5 kHz */
> > NULL, 60, 640, 480, 39721, 40, 24, 32, 11, 96, 2,
> > 0, FB_VMODE_NONINTERLACED
> > };
> >
> > It sounds like this declaration should be put outside the initMatrox2()
> >function, right?
> >
> > DindinX
>
> When you apply pre-patch-2.3.15-1, you should answer 'Yes' to a reversed
> diff, which is fb-related, that's what I read on the list. Did you do that
> ?
>
The 'reversed diff' was related to the modedb.c file, not the matroxfb.c
one. And anyway, the problem remains the same with .15-pre2...
> 2.3.15-1 was built with matroxfb compiled in. No errors whatsoever. The
> compiler was gcc 2.95.1.
>
Well, may be that with gcc 2.95.1, the section attribute can be specified
for local variables, but gcc 2.7.2.3 doesn't permit that.
So my question remains: what is the right way to fix this? Should we
put this declaration in the global scope or should we just drop the
__initdata section attribute?
DindinX
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