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Message-ID: <471AD5AD.9030000@zytor.com> Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:29:33 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> To: Gabriel C <nix.or.die@...glemail.com> CC: 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: > Hi, > > usually I'll wait for rc1 and test compile external module to see which are broken and what need fixing > but while I need virtualbox for some tests I test compile it on current git and it failed badly. > > Maybe something is missing from x86 merge ? > > Here is what I get : > > ... > > /linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c > In file included from /lib/modules/2.6.23-g4fa4d23f-dirty/build/include/asm/atomic_32.h:265, > from /lib/modules/2.6.23-g4fa4d23f-dirty/build/include/asm/atomic.h:2, > from /lib/modules/2.6.23-g4fa4d23f-dirty/build/include/asm/spinlock_32.h:4, > from /lib/modules/2.6.23-g4fa4d23f-dirty/build/include/asm/spinlock.h:2, > from /lib/modules/2.6.23-g4fa4d23f-dirty/build/include/linux/spinlock.h:87, > from /work/crazy/VBox/stable/virtualbox/src/VirtualBox-1.5.2_OSE/src/VBox/Runtime/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:53, > from /work/crazy/VBox/stable/virtualbox/src/VirtualBox-1.5.2_OSE/src/VBox/Runtime/r0drv/linux/alloc-r0drv-linux.c:22: > /lib/modules/2.6.23-g4fa4d23f-dirty/build/include/asm-generic/atomic.h:23: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'atomic_long_t' I have been unable to make heads or tails of the maze of twisty dependencies that VirtualBox wants, but the fact that it gets to line 23 of <asm-generic/atomic.h> means it has gotten past: 21 #if BITS_PER_LONG == 64 22 23 typedef atomic64_t atomic_long_t; BITS_PER_LONG was originally set in <asm/types.h>: 39 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 40 # define BITS_PER_LONG 32 41 #else 42 # define BITS_PER_LONG 64 43 #endif The most obvious reason for failure is that the symbol CONFIG_X86_32 isn't being defined where expected. From that point on everything goes to hell. Have you done "make oldconfig && make prepare" in your kernel tree since you last updated it? -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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