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Re: Broken ethernet driver

To: rl117@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Broken ethernet driver
From: Brad Chapman <jabiru_croc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 04:24:01 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20011010192023.A21092@whinlatter.uklinux.net>
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Mr. Leigh,

--- Roger Leigh <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Sorry if this is the wrong list.  I get the following when compiling
> linux 2.4.11:
> 
> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.11/include -Wall
> -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
> -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2
> -march=i686 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include
> /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.11/include/linux/modversions.h   -c -o at1700.o
> at1700.c
> at1700.c:475: conflicting types for `read_eeprom'
> at1700.c:161: previous declaration of `read_eeprom'
> make[2]: *** [at1700.o] Error 1
> 
> The driver is written by Donald Becker, but I didn't think that he
> maintained it any longer: it's copyrighted 1993-98.  I don't use the
> driver myself, but came across it when compiling a module, so I
> thought I had better report it.

        Don't use 2.4.11. There is a very nasty DoS inode bug, plus a bunch
of other stupid compile errors. Go back to 2.4.10 or use 2.4.13-pre1.

> 
> Regards,
> Roger
> 
> PS. Please CC any replies as I am not subscribed to the list.  Thanks.
> 

Brad

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