Re: [Netnice-kernels] Linux Kernel

[Takashi O. <ta...@cs...>]

hello,

Scott Brumbaugh wrote:
>
> > thanks for the message. i realized that vif_free() and some of
> > other functions are still incomplete. i don't know why it doesn't
> > compile, since i've checked that it compiled (in india!)...
> >
> 
> >From the CVS the files vif_input.c, vif_output.c, and vif_subr.c will
> pass through the compiler and an object file will be produced.
> However, the conditional at the top:
> 
> #ifdef CONFIG_NETNICE
> 
> will prevent any of the contained functions from being compiled.  So
> the object file produced is really not of any use because it contains
> no executable code.  The definition of CONFIG_NETNICE is obtained by
> including linux/config.h and the #ifdef CONFIG_NETNICE must occur
> _after_ linux/config.h has been included.  When this is done and the
> functions in the files actually pass through the compiler the errors
> occur.
> 
> As for socket.c some of the variables passed into the functions within
> the sections delimited by CONFIG_NETNICE use variables that are not
> found anywhere in the file.

okay. i took a look at the files, and now i understand. the last case
is the easiest; it is using a pointer, "struct proc *p", although linux
doesn't have that variable in the socket accept function. maybe you're
right. but, still i think it is relatively easy to fix...

> Also, the Kconfig (kernel configuration) setup is not complete and I
> needed to add this so I could compile.
> 
> If this worked before I imagine that there is a later version missing
> from your CVS.

i checked that the files on the CVS is the ones i got from kartikey.

kartikey, do you have newer files? or, any comments??

thanks,

-- taka