[Alsa-user] FIXED compile problem with kernel 2.2.17

[Hactar <eb...@ga...>]

Takashi Iwai <ti...@su...> wrote:

> At Mon, 2 Jul 2001 00:53:03 +0000,
> George Petri wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > I recently ran into trouble compiling either the 0.5.11 and 0.9.0beta4 alsa
> > drivers:
> >
> >  gcc   -DALSA_BUILD -D__KERNEL__ -O2 -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2
> > -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=586 -DLINUX -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
> > -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -I/usr/src/linux/include -I.. -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c
> > sound.c
> > In file included from ../sound/driver.h:117,
> >                  from sound.c:23:
> > ../sound/compat_22.h:37: warning: `init_MUTEX' redefined
> > /usr/src/linux/include/asm/semaphore.h:44: warning: this is the location of
> > the previous definition

> > make[1]: *** [sound.o] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/alsa-driver-0.9.0beta4/kernel'
> > make: *** [compile] Error 1

> > After pondering over the redef probs up there, I noticed this (twice) in
> > sound/compat_22.h:
> >
> > #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,2,18)
> >
> > I am running kernel 2.2.17 in mandrake 7.2 and if I change it (two references
> > in fact) to:
> >
> > #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,2,17)
> >
> > my alsa-drivers actually compile without a single problem.

> That's the right fix, but it's not general for all kernels.

> The best way would be to check such stuffs in configure script..

Specifically, "--with-sequencer=no".

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