Use the 4.x_12_18 release in the unstable directory.
It is the ONLY release that compiles on newer kernels at the moment, but it
is pretty stable.
Barry Zubel
-----Original Message-----
From: David Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, January 30, 1999 8:19 PM
Subject: Problems compiling ftape-4.03pre2 and 2.2.1
>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...
>
>gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
>-fno-strength-reduce -DTHE_FTAPE_MAINTAINER=\"[EMAIL PROTECTED]\"
>-DBROKEN_FLOPPY_DRIVER -DCONFIG_FT_PROC_FS -DCONFIG_FT_STD_FDC_0
>-DCONFIG_FT_AUTO_0=1 -DCONFIG_FT_FDC_PARPORT_0=-1 -DCONFIG_FT_PAR_0=1
>-DCONFIG_FT_BPCK_0=1 -DCONFIG_FTAPE_MODULE -DCONFIG_FT_INTERNAL_MODULE
>-DCONFIG_FT_TRAKKER_MODULE -DCONFIG_FT_BPCK_MODULE -DCONFIG_ZFTAPE_MODULE
>-DCONFIG_ZFT_COMPRESSOR_MODULE -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include
>/usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h -include
>../../include/linux/modversions.h -D__KERNEL__ -I. -I../../include
>-I/usr/src/linux/include -m486 -DCPU=486 -c fdc-io.c
>fdc-io.c: In function `fdc_interrupt_wait':
>fdc-io.c:433: structure has no member named `timeout'
>fdc-io.c:454: structure has no member named `timeout'
>make[2]: *** [fdc-io.o] Error 1
>make[2]: Leaving directory
>`/usr/src/modules/ftape-4.03pre2/ftape/lowlevel'
>make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
>make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/ftape-4.03pre2/ftape'
>make: *** [all] Error 2
>
>The kernel is 2.2.1. In looking at fdc-io.c the structure referred to is
>'current'. I can't seem to find where current is defined anywhere.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>David
>
>P.S. I sent a subscription request to majordomo yesterday and have not
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>
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