Re: initio driver needs updating

[Jack Bowling]

** Reply to message from [e-mail] on Mon, 07 Oct 2002 13:09:58 +0200 (CEST)

> On  6 Oct, Jack Bowling wrote:
> > Hi, folks. I would love to bang on the latest 2.5.x revs but unfortunately I
> > need an updated initio driver. My attempts at a compile all bomb with the
> > current initio code. Since the freeze is coming up, could somebody please find
> > whomever is responsible for this driver and ask them to write it to the new
> > specs? I would do it myself but I can't code!!
> > 
> 
> Yeah, found the same problem. I am not the maintainer, but more than
> willing to take a shot at it. It has been a while since I rooted around
> in the kernel source, and, more importantly, I would like to use my
> CD-burner with 2.5 :-).

Just an update. Here is the output from an attempted compile of 2.5.56 on the same box. Same hardware as before.

===========begin make output==========

gcc -Wp,-MD,drivers/scsi/.ini9100u.o.d -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Wall -Wstrict-p
rototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-
stack-boundary=2 -march=pentium3 -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -fomit-frame-po
inter -nostdinc -iwithprefix include    -DKBUILD_BASENAME=ini9100u -DKBUILD_MODN
AME=initio   -c -o drivers/scsi/ini9100u.o drivers/scsi/ini9100u.c
drivers/scsi/ini9100u.c:111:2: #error Please convert me to Documentation/DMA-map
ping.txt
drivers/scsi/ini9100u.c:144: unknown field `next' specified in initializer
drivers/scsi/ini9100u.c:144: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer t
ype
drivers/scsi/ini9100u.c:144: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer t
ype
drivers/scsi/ini9100u.c: In function `i91uBuildSCB':
drivers/scsi/ini9100u.c:492: structure has no member named `address'
drivers/scsi/ini9100u.c:501: structure has no member named `address'
drivers/scsi/hosts.h: At top level:
drivers/scsi/scsi.h:505: warning: `scsi_proc_host_add' declared `static' but nev
er defined
drivers/scsi/scsi.h:506: warning: `scsi_proc_host_rm' declared `static' but neve
r defined
make[2]: *** [drivers/scsi/ini9100u.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [drivers/scsi] Error 2
make: *** [drivers] Error 2

========end make output========

Unsure if it is bombing due to the usual ini9100u problems or changes to the base scsi code.

jb

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