Pointers to driver interface changes?

William Earnest (wde@fast.net)
Thu, 26 Mar 1998 11:23:34 -0500 (EST)


Would anyone suggest a summary source of the changes to the
driver-kernel interface between 2.0.x and 2.1.x? I am trying to update
an oddball driver that is working in 2.0.33 so it is usable with the
current development kernels, and have hit compilation problems.

I have located and accounted for the changes in:

current->signal VS signal_pending()

memcpy_tofs VS copy_to_user and friends

get_fs_long VS get_user and friends

select_wait VS poll_wait

but am getting unexplained compiler errors in another area, not
recognizing arguments of a function. From here it continues downhill. I
am assuming some other symbol or structure has changed in a way that
does not produce an immediate diagnostic, but causes gcc to get "out of
sync" witth the source. Any leads or suggestions on tracing the problem
source would be very much appreciated.

Bill Earnest wde@fast.net Linux Powered
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