> Jesper Juhl wrote:
>
> > > Hi chaps, sorry to inform you about a problem in 'ide-floppy' drivers
> > > and in the module as well.
> >
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> > Jesper Juhl
> > jju@dif.dk
> >
>
> OK friends, this report will describe the problem:
> I am running kernel 2.5.0 patched with 2.5.1-pre1 which is running alright.
> I tried to compile the new development kernel 2.5.1 of the 16th Dec.
> 2001 and found out that the compilation was stopped with errors at the
> ide-floppy driver. After I changed the configuration of the kernel in
> that way that I changed ide-floppy to a module and compiled the new
> configuration. Making the modules was stopped by giving the same error
> messages as follows:
> -------------------
> ide-floppy.c: in function 'idefloppy_end_request'
> ide-floppy.c: 699: warning: comparison between pointer and integer
>
> in function 'idefloppy_queue_pc_head'
> 779: incompatible types in assignment
>
> in function 'idefloppy_create_rw_cmd'
> 1214: warning: comparison between pointer and integer
>
> in function 'idefloppy_do_request'
> 1243: switch quantity not an integer
> 1258: warning: unsigned int format, pointer arg (arg2)
> 1246: warning: unreachable code at beginning of switch
>
> statement
>
> in function 'idefloppy_queue_pc_tail'
> 1276: incompatible types in assignment
> -------------------
> [ide-floppy.o] error1
> [_modsubdir_ide] error2
> [mod_drivers] error2
>
> make modules was stopped.
>
>
>
> These messages I got. My compiler version is gcc 2.95.3
> I hope You can look after that and fix it.
> Regards, Hans
>
>
>
>
>
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