It's also possible to: cd PATH-TO-KERNEL-HEADERS cd arch/arm/include/ mkdir mach touch mach/timex.h
To avoid modifying the header file itself. HTH, --eric On Sunday, September 22, 2013 8:44:20 PM UTC-7, DeKay wrote: > > I reread the blog at > http://gencarelle.com/blog/2013/07/19/problems-with-rtl8188cus/ and tried > the edit of the timex.h header he describes there and now I can at least > get the compile to work. I think his fix is basically a noop because he > seems to be including timex.h within timex.h! > > Now dmesg shows this which might make sense (or might not) as the RFM12b > is not yet connected. Haven't dug into this at all yet, but at least it > seems to be progress. I think I just need to run this script ( > https://github.com/gkaindl/beaglebone-ubuntu-scripts/blob/master/bb-enable-spi-devicetree.sh) > > but it is getting late :-) > [ 230.466576] rfm12b : no spi_master found for busnum 1. > [ 230.473506] rfm12b : driver failed to load: -19. > [ 266.681721] No module found in object > > On Sunday, 22 September 2013 20:31:40 UTC-6, DeKay wrote: >> >> I am trying to compile a kernel module on my BBB for the RFM12B >> transceiver chip from the code I "git cloned" from here >> https://github.com/gkaindl/rfm12b-linux >> >> When trying to compile this from the instructions on that page on the BBB >> itself, I get: >> >> root@arm:~/rfm12b-linux# make >> make -C /lib/modules/3.8.13-bone28/build M=/root/rfm12b-linux modules >> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.13-bone28' >> CC [M] /root/rfm12b-linux/rfm12b.o >> In file included from include/linux/timex.h:65:0, >> from include/linux/jiffies.h:8, >> from include/linux/ktime.h:25, >> from include/linux/timer.h:5, >> from include/linux/workqueue.h:8, >> from include/linux/srcu.h:34, >> from include/linux/notifier.h:15, >> from include/linux/memory_hotplug.h:6, >> from include/linux/mmzone.h:761, >> from include/linux/gfp.h:4, >> from include/linux/kmod.h:22, >> from include/linux/module.h:13, >> from /root/rfm12b-linux/rfm12b.c:20: >> /usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.13-bone28/arch/arm/include/asm/timex.h:18:24: >> fatal error: mach/timex.h: No such file or directory >> compilation terminated. >> make[2]: *** [/root/rfm12b-linux/rfm12b.o] Error 1 >> make[1]: *** [_module_/root/rfm12b-linux] Error 2 >> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.13-bone28' >> make: *** [all] Error 2 >> >> I am running Debian bone28 wheezy from rcn-ee.net and I have the >> corresponding kernel headers installed. >> >> I found this link ( >> http://gencarelle.com/blog/2013/07/19/problems-with-rtl8188cus/) for >> someone running Ubuntu on the BBB but his fix for the missing arch type >> doesn't work as there is no armv7l directory to softlink to. >> >> There is also this link ( >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/beagleboard/5xMAyFxQbdE) on the >> 3.2 kernel from a year ago with a solution that required a compile of the >> kernel from sources. But then I looked at the 3.8.13 sources on >> kernel.org and mach/timex.h doesn't exist in there either. >> >> Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks! >> > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
