Bug#446090: build error for 2.6.23

[Kel Modderman]

forcemerge 446039 446090
thanks

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:53:56 pm Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Package: madwifi-source
> Version: 1:0.9.3.2-1
>
> The madwifi module doesn't build for kernel 2.6.23. It says
>
> make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.23'
>    CC [M]  /usr/src/modules/madwifi/ath/if_ath.o
>    CC [M]  /usr/src/modules/madwifi/ath/if_ath_pci.o
> cc1: warnings being treated as errors
> In file included from
> /usr/src/modules/madwifi/ath/../net80211/if_media.h:44, from
> /usr/src/modules/madwifi/ath/if_ath_pci.c:61:
> /usr/src/modules/madwifi/ath/../net80211/ieee80211_linux.h:532: warning:
> 'struct file_operations' declared inside parameter list
> /usr/src/modules/madwifi/ath/../net80211/ieee80211_linux.h:532: warning:
> its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not
> what you want make[6]: *** [/usr/src/modules/madwifi/ath/if_ath_pci.o]
> Error 1
> make[5]: *** [/usr/src/modules/madwifi/ath] Error 2
> make[4]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/madwifi] Error 2
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.23'
>
>
>
> AFAICS this is a known problem upstream. See http://madwifi.org/ticket/1476
> for a patch.


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Thanks, Kel.