Problem compiling 2.1.76

Thomas Molina (tmolina@probe.net)
Wed, 31 Dec 1997 10:11:16 -0600 (CST)


Please tell me if this is the proper place to report this,
or if I'm out of my depth. I'm running a fairly stock
RedHat 5.0 system, upgraded from 4.2 on a K6-166. While
attempting to make 2.1.76 I get the following:

make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/char/ftape/lowlevel'
make all_targets
make[5]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/char/ftape/lowlevel'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -D__SMP__ -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686 -D__SMP__ -c -o ftape_syms.o ftape_syms.cgcc -D__KERNEL_
_ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -D__SMP__ -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686 -D__SMP__ -c -o ftape-init.o ftape-init.cgcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/li
nux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -D__SMP__ -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686 -D__SMP__ -c -o fdc-io.o fdc-io.c
fdc-io.c: In function `fdc_interrupt_wait':
fdc-io.c:388: incompatible types in initialization
fdc-io.c:404: incompatible types in assignment
fdc-io.c:411: incompatible types in assignment
make[5]: *** [fdc-io.o] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/char/ftape/lowlevel'
make[4]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/char/ftape/lowlevel'
make[3]: *** [sub_dirs] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/char/ftape'
make[2]: *** [sub_dirs] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/char'
make[1]: *** [sub_dirs] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers'
make: *** [linuxsubdirs] Error 2