[linux-dvb] Re: Help please, can't compile dvb drivers.

[Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de>]

Florian Siberchicot wrote:
> Hi,
> first of all, I've tried many things before asking help.
> I'm trying to set up a PC with Abit KT7A motherboard,
> Athlon 1.3Ghz proc, 64Mo of RAM, and a Hauppauge DVB-s
> (before they call it Nexus), and a quite old 2D graphics card,
> and an also quite old HDD.
> I use slackware 9.0, which fits 1CD and contains all I need.
> I had to compile the kernel and install it, as modules loading
> was not enabled.
> There I have a question. 
> When I do make dep, then make clean, then make bzImage,
> do I have to check the whole log file, or is it sure that it's clean if
> it ends whithout error 
> Indeed, I always make a log file of the output. In this case, 3 steps
> ended whithout error, but looking at the make dep log file
> revealed various messages like:
> au1000gpio.c:41 : asm/au1000.h: No such file or directory
> Not that many, and not always with the same file, but always
> with the asm directory in the path of the missing file.
> I'm telling this as it could be a cause of my problem.
> But still, the kernel compiles, I can install it, and it looks to run fine.
> I also install modules.
> Then comes the drivers compilation.
> I tried with an up-to-date version, and also with the
> Linux DVB driver release 1.0.0-pre2. Both without success.
> I unpack it, and go into DVB/driver.
> Make finishes correctly but I could read various Warnings, that always
> deal with compat.h on line 37 or 62.
> For example:
> ../compat.h: 37: 'video_usercopy' redefined
> ../compat.h: 62: 'video_devdata' redefined
does your /usr/src/linux/ link points to the source of your running kernel?


> But then, I can't pass the make insmod.
> When it comes to the sync section, I get many errors:
> dvb_core.o: unresolved symbol alloc_skb 
> and many others similar bad news
> (with files alps_bsrv2.o, alps_tdmb7.o, alps_tflb7.o and others).
> Ask me more details if necessary.
> I really don't know what to do, so if you have any idea...
Ensure that your kernel includes and your config in /usr/src/linux match 
your running kernel and don't use esoteric or proprietary kernel patches 
from your distributor unless you know what they're doing.

Holger



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