[plug] Compilation problems

[Simon.Scott at flexiplan.com]

Sorry if this is posted twice, but I stuffed plug's email addy first go.
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Hi all

Here's a strange one.

I recently downloaded 'cbm4linux'. It is basically a kernel module which can
access old Commodore 1541/1571 drives through the parallel port via an XM1541
cable. It provides a simple API to userspace stuff which is almost a complete
copy of Commodore's stuff (listen, talk, unlisten etc). Very funky stuff.

In order to use it, you need to compile it obviously. Im running Mandrake 8 with
2.4.4(?) (ive also tried 2.4.6 from memory) and it aborts with compilation
errors. No biggy, but hacking around in the source (and linux headers/include
files) gives absolutely no indication of what is wrong. The guy claims he has
compiled it against 2.2 and 2.4 kernels.

I dont have the error to hand, but it is something weird concerning implicit
declarations of functions with weird names (something like
BOOT_CPU_DATA_R37483F5) in the kernel includes and so on. Looking at the
includes, there is no mention of any of this stuff. I noticed in one header some
calls to BUG(), which seems strange, but I am no guru and thats the limit of my
investigative abilities :)

Ill post the errors tonight, but has anyone ever witnessed anything similar? Is
there a recent change to how modules are compiled that I should be aware of?

Maybe I should try to compile it on my Debian box just to test if its a version
problem.....

Any clues would be great.


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