On Saturday 27 December 2008, walt wrote: > The latest linux kernel headers break compilation of vbox by introducing > a new header file, swabb.h, containing definitions not needed by vbox. > Prevent the new header file from loading: > > Index: src/VBox/Devices/Storage/swab.h > =================================================================== > --- src/VBox/Devices/Storage/swab.h (revision 15711) > +++ src/VBox/Devices/Storage/swab.h (working copy) > @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ > #define _VBOX_LINUX_SWAB_H > > # define _LINUX_BYTEORDER_SWAB_H > +# define _LINUX_BYTEORDER_SWABB_H > > #include <asm/types.h>
Thank you for that report. A similar fix was applied to SVN. > It's the c++ compiler that complains about the syntax in swab.h and > swabb.h, so I tried just adding extern "C" to the recipe, but it didn't > fix anything or even change the error message. Can anyone here explain > why it doesn't work? 'extern "C"' does not switch the compiler to use plain C syntax. It just changes some properties (the symbols names convention above all). Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/
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