Re: Linux-2.4.2

[Andrzej Krzysztofowicz]

"Adam Sampson wrote:"
> I get this while compiling 2.4.2:
> 
> msdos.c:403: `MINIX_PARTITION' undeclared (first use in this function)
> msdos.c:403: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> msdos.c:403: for each function it appears in.)
> msdos.c:406: `MINIX_NR_SUBPARTITIONS' undeclared (first use in this function)
> msdos.c: In function `msdos_partition':
> msdos.c:571: `MINIX_PARTITION' undeclared (first use in this function)
> make[3]: *** [msdos.o] Error 1
> 
> My config:
> 
[...]
> CONFIG_MINIX_SUBPARTITION=y

It seems that Linus didn't fully merge some stuff from Alan patches.
Try the following patch:

diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude linux.vanilla/include/linux/genhd.h linux.ac/include/linux/genhd.h
--- linux-2.4.2/include/linux/genhd.h	Thu Jan  4 22:50:47 2001
+++ linux/include/linux/genhd.h	Tue Feb 20 20:46:28 2001
@@ -222,6 +222,11 @@
 };  /* 408 */
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MINIX_SUBPARTITION
+#   define MINIX_PARTITION         0x81  /* Minix Partition ID */
+#   define MINIX_NR_SUBPARTITIONS  4
+#endif /* CONFIG_MINIX_SUBPARTITION */
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 extern struct gendisk *gendisk_head;	/* linked list of disks */

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