linux-kernel - Re: Best place to ask this question: error with compiler.h when switching from 2.6.32 to 2.6.36

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Date:	Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:12:59 -0500
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Derek Nielson <dereknielson@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Best place to ask this question: error with compiler.h when switching from 2.6.32 to 2.6.36

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:55:14 MST, Derek Nielson said:

> In file included from include/linux/string.h:10,
>                  from
> /mnt/local/home/linux-omap-2.6/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h:14,
>                  from /home/my_module/my_module.c:24:
> include/linux/compiler.h:62: error: expected =, ,, ;, asm or
> __attribute__ before struct
> make[2]: *** [/home/my_module/my_module.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [_module_/home/my_module] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/local/home/linux-omap-2.6'
> make: *** [release] Error 2

> I found this thread http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/17/213 and tried
> following their solution but it didn't fix the problem.
> 
> Does anyone know how to fix this error?

What does 'gcc -v' say?  And can you give the entire 'make' command that
you issued to do the build?

Other likely possibility is that you haven't done a 'make <something>config' in the
2.6.36 directory tree.



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