Billy Chow writes: > Dear all, > > I have problem compiling a kernel with PPP support. I installed all > the standard packages of `net', including the PPP package and the > installation and configuration went well, without compliants. When I > went on to build a kernel with PPP enabled (make distclean; make > config; make dep; make clean; make zImage), I got the following > warning: > > ----- > ppp.c: In function `ppp_first_time' > ppp.c: 442: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type > ppp.c: 446: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type > ----- >
I got the same warnings when I compiled the kernel the other day. They don't appear to be critical errors and to be related to the problem below. > Apart from this the kernel compiled OK. When I boot-up using the new > kernel, I have the following: > > --------- > Swansea University Computer Society NET3.019 > Swansea University Computer Society TCP/IP for NET3.019 > IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP > PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation) > TCP compression code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California > PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc. > PPP line discipline registered. > unregister_netdev: device 'ppp0' unlinked > unregister_netdev: device 'ppp1' unlinked > unregister_netdev: device 'ppp2' unlinked > unregister_netdev: device 'ppp3' unlinked > --------- > Again, I got the same message when booting my kernel. They went away when I rebuilt the modules of which ppp is one. Do make modules; make modules_install; after building the kernel and then reboot. > My setup is: > > -486-66 8mb RAM > -Debian 0.93R6 > -Linux 1.2.13 > -ppp-2.2-1.deb > > I am desparate. Any help from you gurus are appreciated. > > /Billy > Paul +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | Paul Barrett - Astrophysicist - Universities Space Research Association | | Compton Observatory Science Support Center | | NASA/Goddard SFC phone: 301-286-1108 | | Code 660.1, FAX: 301-286-1681 | | Greenbelt,MD 20771 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | "Guk a 'mzimba, sala 'nhliziyo" (body grow old, but heart remain behind) | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+
