Well, I didn't waste too many brain cells (I think they would have been
unused anyway. I continued the search and found the the
include/linux/sched.h file changed and where there was a reference to
timeout as a member of that structure in the 2.0.x kernels, it is
missing in the 2.2.1 kernel.
Beyond that I am lost.
David
The most esteemed Perry Gilfillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David,
>
> I'm on the 2.2.0final kernel and have the same problem with the compile,
> and there is another fellow who has seen this problem.
>
> I'll share my findings, but I am not pursuing it, since I've got things
> close to working using the ftape bundled with the kernel. ( ref: HP
> T1000e as internal )
>
> I hope you will get a fix soon.
>
> If you do this from the kernel include directory
> rgrep "task_struct" * | grep "current"
> you will narrow your search down to current.h where current is a pointer
> to a struct task_struct, which does not have a time out element... The
> more extensive greps that I have run did not seem to find any references
> in the change files, so I don't know if we can find out if timeout used
> to be there, or why it might have been removed.
>
> I hope you don't burst too many brain cells over this one,
>
> Perry
>
>
> David Morris wrote:
> >
> > I joined the thousands and upgraded my Linux kernel to 2.2.1 a couple days
> > ago. I also noticed the possibilities of using ftape with my
> > backpack-based Reveal tape drive using the 4.03 pre 2 version of ftape.
> >
> > I run into this error while trying to compile...
>
>
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