modules-1.2.8 make problem

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4 total messages Started by Graham Daveney Tue, 27 Feb 1996 00:00

#591

Author: Graham Daveney
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 00:00

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Hi Guys,
    having problems trying to do a make with the modules-1.2.8.


    Background: My final aim is to run the emumodule.o for dosemu-0.60.4
                so, I've set CONFIG_MODVERSIONS within the kernel, and
                compiled without problems. Now the reason why I got ahold
                of modules-1.2.8 was that the Configure.help talking about
                CONFIG_MODVERSIONS said that you needed genksyms. So thats
                why I am working with modules-1.2.8.
                I have recently gone over to elf, and have been running a
                combined a.out and elf libraries without too many problems.

    What I have done:
       the kernel I am using is 1.2.13, and having looked at the file
       vital-patch-for-linux-1.2.8 and compared it against the files
       module.c and ppp.c, by 1.2.13 they seem to already have been patched
       in the way that modules-1.2.8 is expecting. No worries.
    What is happening:
       I go into the /usr/wrc/modules-1.2.8 directory and do a make or
       make install. The insmod and genksyms sections go without a problem,
       when we get to depmod I get the error message 
modprobe.c
modprobe.c: In function `void verbose(const char * ...)':
modprobe.c:22: parse error before `('
modprobe.c: In method `int DEPEND::insmod(const chat *, class NODE **, char **)':
       and then it goes on a bit and stops.
       I thought the problem was something to do with the fact that I had gone
to elf, so I went into each subdirectory underneath modules-1.2.8 and edited
each Makefile so that each occurrence of gcc, or cc had -b i486-linuxaout on it
but still no help. 

       At the end of the day all I need for CONFIG_MODVERSIONS to work is
genksyms, and that is fine, but I wanted to resolve this problem with depmod
as I am having no success with loading emumodule.o so I wanted to get this
problem resolved before I start to tackle the dosemu one.

Please email replies to gdave@doh.health.nsw.gov.au, that is my work address.
When I get an answer to this problem I will post a solution.

Many Thanks
Graham Daveney

Re: modules-1.2.8 make problem

#592

Author: Jim Peterson
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 00:00

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[Post also e-mailed to gdave@doh.health.nsw.gov.au, as requested]

In article <4gvrb0$cil@altus.speednet.com.au>, daveney@speednet.com.au (Graham Daveney) writes:
> Hi Guys,
>     having problems trying to do a make with the modules-1.2.8.
[snip]
> modprobe.c
> modprobe.c: In function `void verbose(const char * ...)':
> modprobe.c:22: parse error before `('
> modprobe.c: In method `int DEPEND::insmod(const chat *, class NODE **, char **)':

This is actually a problem with modprobe.c (line 21, though): a semicolon is missing
after 'va_end(list)'.  You may also have trouble with the new for-variable scoping
conventions in gcc-2.7.0(?).  Any variable declared like 'for(int i=...' is not
visible outside the for loop (due to a change in the C++ standard).  If this gives
you trouble, move the 'int i' outside the for loop and replace it with the usual
'for(i=...'.

Also, you may want to try

   ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/sbin/modules-1.3.57.tar.gz

or

   ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/modules-1.3.57.tar.gz (may have moved)

But I'm uncertain about the kernel requirements for using this package.

Hope this helps,
--Jim

Re: modules-1.2.8 make problem

#593

Author: Remi Guyomarch
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 00:00

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On 27 Feb 1996 20:59:12 GMT, daveney@speednet.com.au (Graham Daveney)
wrote:

>Hi Guys,
>    having problems trying to do a make with the modules-1.2.8.
[...things deleted...]
>       when we get to depmod I get the error message 
>modprobe.c
>modprobe.c: In function `void verbose(const char * ...)':
>modprobe.c:22: parse error before `('
>modprobe.c: In method `int DEPEND::insmod(const chat *, class NODE **, char **)':
>       and then it goes on a bit and stops.

This is a very simple syntax error. Just put a ";" in the end of the
previous line (21) and it will compile ok.

----
Remi Guyomarch, Montargis, FRANCE.
rguyom@valcofim.fr

Re: modules-1.2.8 make problem

#594

Author: Bjorn Ekwall
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 00:00

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Get "modules-1.3.57.tar.gz" from sunsite, tsx-11 or my web-page.
You can use everything but the kerneld-patch from that release
on a 1.2-kernel.

Good luck,

Bjorn  <bj0rn@blox.se>  URL: <http://www.pi.se/blox>

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