Re: radeonfb compile errors in 2.5.32
From: James Simmons <hidden>
Date: 2002-08-28 06:21:35
This is with radeonfb compiled into the kernel. I'm not on the list, so please CC any replies to me. radeonfb.c:605: unknown field `fb_get_fix' specified in initializer radeonfb.c:605: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type radeonfb.c:606: unknown field `fb_get_var' specified in initializer radeonfb.c:606: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type radeonfb.c: In function `radeon_set_dispsw': radeonfb.c:1385: structure has no member named `type' radeonfb.c:1386: structure has no member named `type_aux' radeonfb.c:1387: structure has no member named `ypanstep' radeonfb.c:1388: structure has no member named `ywrapstep' radeonfb.c:1397: structure has no member named `visual' radeonfb.c:1398: structure has no member named `line_length' [snip repeats] radeonfb.c:2487: warning: `fbcon_radeon8' defined but not used radeonfb.c:598: warning: `radeon_read_OF' declared `static' but never defined radeonfb.c:1710: warning: `radeonfb_set_cmap' defined but not used make[2]: *** [radeonfb.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [video] Error 2 make: *** [drivers] Error 2
This is normal. The framebuffer layer is moving to a new api. The next set of changes will finish the port over to this new api. Unfortunely it will break most drivers. It is up to the driver maintainters to update there drivers. MS: (n) 1. A debilitating and surprisingly widespread affliction that renders the sufferer barely able to perform the simplest task. 2. A disease. James Simmons [jsimmons@users.sf.net] ____/| fbdev/console/gfx developer \ o.O| http://www.linux-fbdev.org =(_)= http://linuxgfx.sourceforge.net U http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Jabber - The world's fastest growing real-time communications platform! Don't just IM. Build it in! http://www.jabber.com/osdn/xim