Re: [opensuse] Error when making tg3 from source

On Wednesday 31 October 2007 22:07:38 Ben Kevan wrote:
Here I get:

tg3-3.81c> make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.23.1-185-default/build
SUBDIRS=/home/bkevan/Apps/Broadcom/Server/Linux/Driver/tg3-3.81c modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.23.1-185-obj/i386/default'
make -C ../../../linux-2.6.23.1-185
O=../linux-2.6.23.1-185-obj/i386/default modules
CC [M] /home/bkevan/Apps/Broadcom/Server/Linux/Driver/tg3-3.81c/tg3.o
/home/bkevan/Apps/Broadcom/Server/Linux/Driver/tg3-3.81c/tg3.c:9751: error:
unknown field ‘get_perm_addr’ specified in initializer
/home/bkevan/Apps/Broadcom/Server/Linux/Driver/tg3-3.81c/tg3.c:9751:
error: ‘ethtool_op_get_perm_addr’ undeclared here (not in a function)
make[4]: ***
[/home/bkevan/Apps/Broadcom/Server/Linux/Driver/tg3-3.81c/tg3.o] Error 1
make[3]: ***
[_module_/home/bkevan/Apps/Broadcom/Server/Linux/Driver/tg3-3.81c] Error 2
make[2]: *** [modules] Error 2
mke[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.23.1-185-obj/i386/default'
make: *** [default] Error 2

ethtool is installed

But the field was removed from the kernel structure

If you are going to be building the very latest drivers against the very
latest kernels, shouldn't you be asking these questions either on lkml or on
opensuse-kernel?

Actually, since the problem is that the tg3 driver hasn't been ported to the
latest kernel, you should probably be talking to Broadcom

Anders

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