Re: [2.4.21rc8] possible header problems[byteorder.h/swab.h]

[Con Kolivas]

On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:57, Boris wrote:
> I am running 2.4.21rc8 with gcc 3.3 and it seems that after the 2.4.20
> kernel, I can't compile kde anymore. I have written a message to the kde
> mailing list and they suggest its a kernel problem. Heres an example.
>
> make[5]: Leaving directory `/tmp/kdemultimedia/mpeglib/lib/util'
>
> > make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/kdemultimedia/mpeglib/lib/util'
> > Making all in input
> > make[4]: Entering directory `/tmp/kdemultimedia/mpeglib/lib/input'
> > if /bin/sh ../../../libtool --silent --mode=compile --tag=CXX g++
> > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../.. -I/opt/kde/include
> > -I/usr/lib/qt/include -I/usr/X11R6/include   -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT
> > -D_REENTRANT  -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -Wall -pedantic
> > -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500
> > -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -DNDEBUG
> > -DNO_DEBUG -O2 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute
> > -fno-exceptions
> > -fno-check-new -fno-common -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST
> > -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION  -MT cdromAccess.lo -MD
> > -MP -MF ".deps/cdromAccess.Tpo" \
> >   -c -o cdromAccess.lo `test -f 'cdromAccess.cpp' || echo
> >   './'`cdromAccess.cpp; \
> > then mv -f ".deps/cdromAccess.Tpo" ".deps/cdromAccess.Plo"; \
> > else rm -f ".deps/cdromAccess.Tpo"; exit 1; \
> > fi
> > In file included from /usr/include/linux/cdrom.h:14,
> >                  from cdromAccess_Linux.cpp:17,
> >                  from cdromAccess.cpp:30:
> > /usr/include/asm/byteorder.h:38: error: syntax error before `(' token
> > /usr/include/asm/byteorder.h:42: error: '__u64' is used as a type, but is
> > not
> >    defined as a type.
> > /usr/include/asm/byteorder.h:43: error: parse error before `}' token
> > /usr/include/asm/byteorder.h:44: error: syntax error before `.' token
> > /usr/include/asm/byteorder.h:50: error: syntax error before `.' token
> > /usr/include/asm/byteorder.h:51: error: syntax error before `.' token
> > /usr/include/asm/byteorder.h:52: error: parse error before `:' token
> > In file included from /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:11,
> >                  from /usr/include/asm/byteorder.h:65,
> >                  from /usr/include/linux/cdrom.h:14,
> >                  from cdromAccess_Linux.cpp:17,
> >                  from cdromAccess.cpp:30:
> > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h:199: error: syntax error before `('
> > token /usr/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h:209: error: syntax error before
> > `(' token /usr/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h:213: error: `__u64' was not
> > declared in this scope
> > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h:213: error: `addr' was not declared
> > in this scope
> > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h:214: error: variable or field
> > `__swab64s'
> >    declared void
> > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h:214: error: `__swab64s' declared as
> > an `inline' variable
> > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h:214: error: syntax error before `{'
> > token make[4]: *** [cdromAccess.lo] Error 1
> > make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/kdemultimedia/mpeglib/lib/input'
> > make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/kdemultimedia/mpeglib/lib'
> > make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/kdemultimedia/mpeglib'
> > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/kdemultimedia'
> > make: *** [all] Error 2

Read this about kernel headers please:

http://www.kernelnewbies.org/faq/index.php3#headers

Con