Am Dienstag 26 Juni 2007 18:23 schrieb Alex Schuster:
> Florian Philipp writes:
> > > While I do have /usr/include/linux/config.h, it is not being used. I
> > > have /usr/src/linux/include/linux/config.h on one machine, but not on
> > > the other, where compiling fails. Both machines use gentoo-sources.
> > > 2.6.18-r2 has it, 2.6.20-r7 does not. Seems it has become obslete, a
> > > comment in the file states this, too. Anyway, it seems to be the same
> > > as /usr/include/linux/config.h, so can just copy or symlink this one.
> >
> > Anyway, it doesn't make things better. If I change the include line to
> > linux/autoconf.h, the other errors do not disappear.
>
> Aren't these errors warnings only? I get them, too, but I guess they don't
> matter.
>
> I just compiled the code after replacing linux/config.h by
> linux/autoconf.h, except for the warnings all seems to be fine, I can
> insmod the
> devolo_usb.ko module.
>
> Glad you had success, but at some time you will probably need a newer
> kernel...
>
>       Alex

You mean kernel-header (or linux-header), I presume. 

Anyway, I'll write an email to Devolo and if they do not react ... well, I 
hope I'll know how to rewrite the driver in half a year :)

By the way, did you notice the warnings that GPL'ed functions are used in this 
driver although it is under another licence? Is that allowed?

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