On 21 Nov 2003, Andreas Goesele wrote:
>
> > As for the old driver, there are definitely problems with it but AFAIS
> > nobody cares: it just doesn't make sense because there are so many
> > problems. Please try the backported, latest stable driver available
> > for 2.4 kernels (NTFS driver version is 2.1.4c):
> >
> > https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13956
> >
> > Or maybe others have idea if you insist using the old driver.
>
> I don't insist, but: For the 2.4.21 kernel I only find a 2.1.4a
> patch. And trying to apply it gives:
Sorry but at present we don't have time to provide/support the latest
driver for old kernels. However the released patches must patch cleanly
against a _clean_ kernel source it was released for.
> patching file include/asm-i386/kmap_types.h
> Hunk #1 FAILED at 8.
> 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file include/asm-i386/kmap_types.h.rej
> patching file include/asm-mips/kmap_types.h
> patching file include/asm-ppc/kmap_types.h
[ ... ]
> aops.c: In function `ntfs_end_buffer_async_read':
> aops.c:73: `KM_BIO_IRQ' undeclared (first use in this function)
> aops.c:73: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
[ ... ]
> I use the debian (woody) kernel package. Could this be the problem?
There is a same report from a Debian user here,
https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=935384&forum_id=44085
> Could this be the problem?
Yes, probably this is the reason. AFAIK, Debian also started to patch the
kernel and this can cause the conflicts.
Szaka
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