netdev - Re: [Fwd: Re: Bug#538372: header failure including netlink.h (or uio.h)]

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Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:21:05 +0200
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
To:	unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
CC:	Manuel Prinz <manuel@...ian.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Bug#538372: header failure including netlink.h (or
   uio.h)]

Jarek Poplawski wrote, On 09/29/2009 11:27 AM:

> On 28-09-2009 13:24, Manuel Prinz wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm forwarding this bug in Debian (http://bugs.debian.org/538372) as
>> requested by the Debian kernel team. A patch is available. Applying just
>> the first hunk fixes the issue for me. I've not enough kernel knowledge
>> to judge if this fix is a proper solution, though.
>>
>> It would be really great if someone could have a look at it. Thanks in
>> advance! (And please CC me in replies. Thanks!)
> 
> I've tried it with current include/linux and it works OK. Replacing
> uio.h on Debian really was not enough, but it looks like missing
> compiler.h entries could be the reason. Otherwise, please send your
> compile error log.
 

Hmm... Probably you noticed it yourself, so a little update for the
record. My method wasn't the proper way, but repeating it with
sanitized headers from the current kernel works even better: replacing
Debian's uio.h only seems to be enough yet.

Jarek P.
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