cant get ieee80211 to compile

slinky2004 · 10-22-2005, 09:10 AM

i need the ieee80211 subsystem in order to compile/install my wifi drivers, but i cant get it to compile. my compiler seems to be working fine, i just compiled a urxvt terminal emulator without problems. this is what i get when i try a make on ieee80211:

Quote:

In file included from include/linux/kmod.h:23,
from /root/ieee80211-1.1.5/ieee80211_wx.c:33:
include/linux/errno.h:4:23: asm/errno.h: No such file or directory
In file included from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /root/ieee80211-1.1.5/ieee80211_wx.c:34:
include/linux/sched.h:4:37: asm/param.h: No such file or directory
In file included from include/linux/types.h:13,
from include/linux/capability.h:16,
from include/linux/sched.h:7,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /root/ieee80211-1.1.5/ieee80211_wx.c:34:
include/linux/posix_types.h:47:29: asm/posix_types.h: No such file or directory
In file included from include/linux/capability.h:16,
from include/linux/sched.h:7,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /root/ieee80211-1.1.5/ieee80211_wx.c:34:
include/linux/types.h:14:23: asm/types.h: No such file or directory
In file included from include/linux/capability.h:16,
from include/linux/sched.h:7,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /root/ieee80211-1.1.5/ieee80211_wx.c:34:
include/linux/types.h:18: error: syntax error before "__kernel_dev_t"
include/linux/types.h:18: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `__kernel_dev_t'
include/linux/types.h:18: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
include/linux/types.h:21: error: syntax error before "dev_t"
include/linux/types.h:21: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `dev_t'
include/linux/types.h:21: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
include/linux/types.h:22: error: syntax error before "ino_t"
include/linux/types.h:22: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `ino_t'
include/linux/types.h:22: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
include/linux/types.h:23: error: syntax error before "mode_t"
include/linux/types.h:23: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `mode_t'
include/linux/types.h:23: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
include/linux/types.h:24: error: syntax error before "nlink_t"
include/linux/types.h:24: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `nlink_t'
include/linux/types.h:24: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
include/linux/types.h:25: error: syntax error before "off_t"
include/linux/types.h:25: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `off_t'
include/linux/types.h:25: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
include/linux/types.h:26: error: syntax error before "pid_t"
include/linux/types.h:26: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `pid_t'
include/linux/types.h:26: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
include/linux/types.h:27: error: syntax error before "daddr_t"
include/linux/types.h:27: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `daddr_t'
include/linux/types.h:27: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
include/linux/types.h:29: error: syntax error before "suseconds_t"
include/linux/types.h:29: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `suseconds_t'
include/linux/types.h:29: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
include/linux/types.h:30: error: syntax error before "timer_t"
include/linux/types.h:30: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `timer_t'

this is just a small portion of the errors it has, they all seem to be related to not finding some header files that it needs or my header files are corrupt or something. can anybody help me out with this? i'm using slackware 10.2 and a 2.6.10 kernel.

Brian1 · 10-23-2005, 06:16 PM

From what info you provided this is what I would do to fix it.

Is there a directory in /usr/src called linux?
If there is I have no ideas from here on.

Is there a directory in /usr/src called linux-2.6.10?
If this directory exist then run the command as root ' ln -s linux-2.6.10 linux '. Try the install again.

If niether exist then you need to download the source of the 2.6.10 kernel from http://www.kernel.org . Extract it in /usr/src and then run the command ' ln -s linux-2.6.10 linux '. Try the install again.

Note make sure you get the exact running kernel version. If you are using kernel 2.6.10 then you can only use 2.6.10. using anything else will not work.

Hope this helps.
Brian1

slinky2004 · 10-23-2005, 10:39 PM

well, all of those directories exist and i'm using the 2.6.10 source from kernel.org. it's wierd because i was able to use ieee80211-1.0.3, but in the past two weeks, they've released two new versions and i cant compile either of them and they dont come with any install help besides an install file that basically says "make, su root, make install"

slinky2004 · 10-23-2005, 11:53 PM

it seems to require a newer kernel to compile it. it compiled great with 2.6.13.4