P.S. hmm, netinet/ is a leftover from the 2.4 includes, the files used should be the ones in linux/ , in this case linux/if_ether.h
also, this rises other dependency issues. Adrian. ----- Original Message ----- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 5:37 PM Subject: [Ntop-dev] problems compiling in a pure 2.6 kernel environment,and some fixes for them > hello list, and Luca > > i'm running fedora core 2 with kernel 2.6.8.1 compiled by myself, in a build > environment adapted for 2.6 only... and i get errors when compiling ntop. > see below how to reproduce them and how to patch them. > > by default, fedora core 2, even if it comes with a 2.6 kernel, comes with > the 2.4 generation's include files. > > this can be tested by looking into /usr/include/linux/version.h, which > contains: > > #define UTS_RELEASE "2.4.20" > #define LINUX_VERSION_CODE 132116 > #define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) (((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8) + (c)) > > while the 2.6.8.1 kernel has this version.h : > #define UTS_RELEASE "2.6.8.1" > #define LINUX_VERSION_CODE 132616 > #define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) (((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8) + (c)) > > > this might lead to a number of incompatibilities for programs written for > the 2.4 kernel series includes which run under the 2.6 kernel, and i made > some alterations to the include files in /usr/include, all of them are links > to > the include files that come with the kernel. i've compiled apache 2.0.50, > squid 2.5stable6, and some other programs, and all are running without any > issues so far. > > all issues with the compile process are with header files being moved > around. > > i had to make a modification to the includes file list, the linux 2.6 kernel > doesnt include the file net/ethernet.h which i had to copy from the old > includes into the new one, to be able to compile programs. > > these are the modified includes in /usr/include. I linked directly to the > include files in the kernel source tree: > > acpi -> /usr/src/linux/include/acpi/ > asm -> /usr/src/linux/include/asm-i386/ > asm-generic -> /usr/src/linux/include/asm-generic/ > linux -> /usr/src/linux/include/linux/ > math-emu -> /usr/src/linux/include/math-emu/ > media -> /usr/src/linux/include/media/ > mtd -> /usr/src/linux/include/mtd/ > net -> /usr/src/linux/include/net/ > pcmcia -> /usr/src/linux/include/pcmcia/ > rxrpc -> /usr/src/linux/include/rxrpc/ > scsi -> /usr/src/linux/include/scsi/ > sound -> /usr/src/linux/include/sound/ > video -> /usr/src/linux/include/video/ > > > > i downloaded a fresh cvs source tree today, and the modifications for the > 2.6 new includes which allow me to compile ntop on my machine are: > > 1) > in configure.in, and in a few other places (ntop.h) > net/if.h > should be for 2.6 (or should be added with a build environment test) > linux/if.h > > 2) > config.log:/usr/include/netinet/if_ether.h:62:24: net/if_arp.h: No such file > or directory > config.log:/usr/include/netinet/if_ether.h:62:24: net/if_arp.h: No such file > or directory > > this is because if_arp.h is no longer in the net/ but in the linux/ section > too > > > 3) in config.h > HAVE_NETINET_IF_ETHER_H > gets undefined by ./configure because the current header file > netinet/if_ether.h has a wrong include, net/if_arp.h instead of > linux/if_arp.h > I edited that include file to correct it. (i'd better submit it to the > kernel discussion list too, as a FIXME ) > > > > after these tweaks ntop compiles cleanly and runs without issues, so far. > > Luca, can you please add a test to the configure script to test which > headers is ntop being built with and adjust the build process accordingly ? > > these header files might not be the only ones moved between 2.4 and 2.6, but > are the ones that gave me the most headaches. > > Thankyou, > Adrian R. > > > _______________________________________________ > Ntop-dev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-dev > > _______________________________________________ Ntop-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-dev
