On Fri, 2005-11-25 at 09:43 -0500, Joseph E. Sacco, PhD wrote: > Some distributions install the set of linux include files that were used > to build glibc. Others install the set of linux include files that were > used to build the current kernel. The include files used to build glibc > are typically older than those used to build the kernel. That being > said, there is considerable variation in what is included where. > > Take a look at <linux/joystick.h> and you will most likely see that it > contains <asm/types.h>. On my 32-bit system <asm/types.h> contains > > > #ifdef __KERNEL__ > /* > * These aren't exported outside the kernel to avoid name space > clashes > */ > #define BITS_PER_LONG 32 > > which means BIT_PER_LONG is defined only when the macro __KERNEL__ is > set. > > What to do??? > > Setting __KERNEL__ when building gok is a huge mistake that will cause > you much grief. > > What I would do is add the following to joystick.h > > #ifndef BITS_PER_LONG > #define BITS_PER_LONG 32 > #endif > > somewhere near the top of the file. > > If you are working on a 64 bit system, adjust according to what you > found in <asm/types.h> > > -Joseph Many thanks Joseph, this solved me the problem.
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