[pvrusb2] 2.6.13-git6 compilation of latest

[xavier.gnata at free.fr]

Quoting Mike Isely <isely at isely.net>:

>
> Well I'll put this investigation on my to-do list, but it admittedly is
> not going to be a very high priority at the moment.  The uid/gid business
> discussed a few days ago will come first.  I've also been looking
> seriously into putting the Subversion repository onto the web site and
> because of that I've been taking some time to teach myself all about web
> based authentication concepts.  (So no, I haven't been idle here.)
>
>   -Mike
>
> On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Bill Crowell wrote:
>
> > Mike,
> >
> > This gets back to the issue that you and I spoke about by phone.
> > Somebody screwed up the 802.11 code in the main tree, it was fixed in
> > the mm tree and is now being ported into the main tree. I need 802.11
> > for my notebooks.
> >
> > I'm also expecting scsi fixes from -mm coming in shortly with more grief
> > to test out.
> >
> > pvrusb2 compiles and runs clean in 2.6.13, but it appears that changes
> > are still happening.
> >
> > <hands out valium to everyone>
> >
> > B
> >
> > Mike Isely wrote:
> >
> > >This is after the release of 2.6.13?  (Haven't been following the -gitX
> > >snapshots).  If so, thanks for the heads up - but it's really hard to
> > >support what are in fact development kernel snapshots.
> > >
> > >  -Mike
> > >
> > >
> > >On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Bill Crowell wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>Hi Gang,
> > >>
> > >>---snip---
> > >>oot at localhost:/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver# make
> > >>make INSTALL_MOD_DIR=pvrusb2 -C /lib/modules/2.6.13-git6/build
> > >>M=/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver modules
> > >>make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.13'
> > >>  CC [M]  /devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.o
> > >>/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.c: In
> > >>function `pvr2_i2c_attach_inform':
> > >>/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.c:233:
> > >>warning: implicit declaration of function `i2c_clientname'
> > >>/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.c:233:
> > >>warning: format argument is not a pointer (arg 2)
> > >>/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.c:233:
> > >>warning: format argument is not a pointer (arg 2)
> > >>/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.c: In
> > >>function `pvr2_i2c_detach_inform':
> > >>/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.c:289:
> > >>warning: format argument is not a pointer (arg 2)
> > >>/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.c:289:
> > >>warning: format argument is not a pointer (arg 2)
> > >>/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.c: At top
> level:
> > >>/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.c:309: error:
> > >>unknown field `id' specified in initializer
> > >>/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.c:309: error:
> > >>`I2C_ALGO_BIT' undeclared here (not in a function)
> > >>/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.c:309: error:
> > >>initializer element is not constant
> > >>/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.c:309: error:
> > >>(near initialization for `pvr2_i2c_algo_template.master_xfer')
> > >>/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.c:318: error:
> > >>`I2C_ALGO_BIT' undeclared here (not in a function)
> > >>/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.c:318: error:
> > >>initializer element is not constant
> > >>/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.c:318: error:
> > >>(near initialization for `pvr2_i2c_adap_template.id')
> > >>/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.c: In
> > >>function `pvr2_i2c_init':
> > >>/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.c:344: error:
> > >>structure has no member named `name'
> > >>/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.c:344: error:
> > >>structure has no member named `name'
> > >>make[2]: ***
> > >>[/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver/pvrusb2-i2c.o] Error 1
> > >>make[1]: *** [_module_/devel/KernelProgs/pvrusb2-mci-20050828/driver]
> > >>Error 2
> > >>make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.13'
> > >>---snip---
> > >>
> > >>Looks like i2c is shifting a bit...
> > >>
> > >>***
> > >>Note on stability of the Hauppauge box: My UPSs are set for a trip over
> > >>at 104VAC. The power supply from Hauppauge sucks - power dips above
> > >>104VAC  and below 115VAC cause the box to reset. This simulates a
> > >>failure within the pvrusb2 driver. Be sure you have good power before
> > >>yelling at Mike!
> > >>
> > >>Bill

Ok,

I can install each rc kernel version and test if the driver is broken or not.
IMHO, there is on point to do that for each git version because the target is
moving to fast (and I have no time to do that).
Any comments? Helpers?

Xavier.