linux-kernel - Re: some kernel headers broken in current git ?

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Message-ID: <471BC416.4090705@zytor.com>
Date:	Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:26:46 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Gabriel C <nix.or.die@...glemail.com>
CC:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Gabriel C <crazy@...pmylinux.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: some kernel headers broken in current git ?

Gabriel C wrote:
>>
>> Add a #include <linux/types.h> to the-linux-kernel.h and let us know if it helps.
> 
> Does not help , now I get on top the other errors :
> 
> /work/crazy/VBox/stable/virtualbox/src/VirtualBox-1.5.2_OSE/include/iprt/types.h:121: error: redefinition of typedef 'bool'
> /lib/modules/2.6.23-gcfa76f02/build/include/linux/types.h:33: error: previous declaration of 'bool' was here
> 
> ...
> 
> /*
>  * C doesn't have bool.
>  */
> #ifndef __cplusplus
> # if defined(__GNUC__)
> #  if defined(RT_OS_LINUX) && __GNUC__ < 3
> typedef uint8_t bool;
> #  else
> #   if defined(RT_OS_DARWIN) && defined(_STDBOOL_H)
> #    undef bool
> #   endif
> typedef _Bool bool; <- line 121
> #  endif
> # else
> typedef unsigned char bool;
> # endif
> # ifndef true
> #  define true  (1)
> # endif
> # ifndef false
> #  define false (0)
> # endif
> #endif
> 
> 
> Looking at include/iprt/types.h that has already #include <linux/types.h>.
> 

Yeah, this is a VirtualBox problem.

At this point, this is clearly a matter for innotek, not for the 
mainstream kernel development community.

	-hpa
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