linux-kernel - Re: ioctl definition - has it changed recently?

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Message-ID: <20100814210044.GA29375@merkur.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:00:44 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Piotr Hosowicz <piotr@...owicz.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ioctl definition - has it changed recently?

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 10:53:17PM +0200, Piotr Hosowicz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I build new kernels when they become available. Now I have a problem.  
> After I install new kernel I have to run NVidia setup script. Starting  
> from git15 it fails, see attached file. The error line is here:
>
>    /tmp/selfgz6622/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-256.35/kernel/nv.c: At top level:
>    /tmp/selfgz6622/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-256.35/kernel/nv.c:426: error:  
> unknown field ‘ioctl’ specified in initializer
>    /tmp/selfgz6622/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-256.35/kernel/nv.c:426: warning:  
> initialization from incompatible pointer type

The likely culprint is:
b19dd42faf413b4705d4adb38521e82d73fa4249
(bkl: Remove locked .ioctl file operation)

This commit finally killed ioctl from file_operations, as part of the
bkl removal project.


	Sam
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