Re: [Qce-ga-discussion] Compile Error on 2.6.26-rc1

[Kurt W. <kw...@ku...>]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 10:27:19PM -0500, Kurt Wall took 49 lines to write:
> While compiling qc-usb-0.6.3 against kernel 2.6.16-rc1, I hit the error
> shown below. The driver compiled cleanly against 2.6.15.
> 
> $ make all
> make -C "/lib/modules/2.6.16-rc1krw/build"
> SUBDIRS="/home/kwall/src/qc-usb-0.6.3" modules V=1 USER_OPT=""
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/kwall/kernel/linux-2.6.16-rc1'
> ...
> /home/kwall/src/qc-usb-0.6.3/qc-driver.c:2983: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
> /home/kwall/src/qc-usb-0.6.3/qc-driver.c:3031: error: unknown field `owner' specified in initializer
> /home/kwall/src/qc-usb-0.6.3/qc-driver.c:3031: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
> make[2]: *** [/home/kwall/src/qc-usb-0.6.3/qc-driver.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [_module_/home/kwall/src/qc-usb-0.6.3] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kwall/kernel/linux-2.6.16-rc1'
> make: *** [quickcam.ko] Error 2
> 
> I worked around the error with this little patch, which surely isn't the
> correct thing to do:
> 
> --- qc-usb-0.6.3/qc-driver.c.orig	2006-01-17 22:20:18.000000000 -0500
> +++ qc-usb-0.6.3/qc-driver.c	2006-01-17 22:23:09.000000000 -0500
> @@ -3027,9 +3027,6 @@
>  	name:		qc_name,
>  	probe:		qc_usb_probe,
>  	disconnect:	qc_usb_disconnect,
> -#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,0)
> -	owner:		THIS_MODULE,
> -#endif
>  #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,4,0)
>  	id_table:	qc_device_table,
>  #endif

Well, perhaps this _was_ correct, or at least more correct than I
thought. According to include/linux/usb.h, the usb_driver.owner structure 
member has been removed in 2.6.16rc1.

Kurt
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