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On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Binaire wrote:
> Hi ,
> I have a problem with gcc-2.95.1 , it's come with a wrapper around posix_types.h :
*snip*
> The problem is when I would like to compile a kernel module like vmware or gart-glx : these modules call
> linux/types.h which will include asm/posix_types.h ; as gcc-2.95.1 call the wrapper before
> asm/posix_types.h : it will include features.h
*snip*
> As __KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES is defined by features.h : there is a tone on typedef that will not be
> declared by linux/types.h and so the compilation of these modules will fail unless i remove the #include
> <features.h> but this include is need for the definition of __GLIBC__
>
> So what is the solution ? fixing kernel tree or gcc-2.95.1 ?
My solution was neither...
I fixed it by adding #define __KERNEL_LOOSE_NAMES to the vmware module
code, as the attached patch indicates. I already sent vmware the patch
and they have not responded, so I would hang on to it until they release a
working module without having to hack on it =)
-dwild
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