On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 05:47:55PM -0500, Mike Hollis wrote:
> I googled my svgalib_helper linux-2.6.36 problem and it was reported
> to bugs.gentoo.org with the same error output I had.
>
> error: unknown field ‘ioctl' specified in initializer
>
> In linux-2.6.36/include/fs.h struct file_operations {...
>
> the ioctl definition was removed but there were unlocked_ioctl and
> compat_ioctl . I checked linux-2.6.35.2 and all three were in fs.h.
>
> I tried plugging in both unlocked_ioctl and compat_ioctl into the
> svgalib_helper code and the module compiled but didn't work
> correctly. Hopefully whoever maintains the package in gentoo
> will come up with a patch.
>
> I backed up to linux-2.6.35.2 and have not seen any problems yet
> concerning header compatibility. I wish I had known this when I
> started my build.
>
One final comment in the unlikely case someone besides me uses svgalib
in the lfs community. I overlooked a suggested patch in bugs.gentoo.org
and it worked with some line number modifications. I was on the right
track with the ioctl change but gave up too quickly.
--- Mike H.---
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