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From: Hendrik Visage <hvisage@×××××××××××.za>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] linux-sources-2.4.15-pre5
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 08:42:05
Message-Id: 20011122164028.V19649@hvs.envisage.co.za
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] linux-sources-2.4.15-pre5 by Collins Richey
1 Yip, that's way it's called "Pre-release", thus it's not guaranteed to do
2 anything, except perhaps to crash a compilation or system ;^)
3
4 Seriously, if you aren't a kernel developer or tester, then steer clear
5 of the pre-releases. You might be better off to got to the -ac patches if there
6 are features that you are needing that's not yet in the mainstream Linus Kernel
7
8 Greetz
9 HEndrik
10
11 On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 07:37:19AM -0700, Collins Richey wrote:
12 > FYI,
13 >
14 > linux source is broken.
15 >
16 > sis_main.c: In function `sisfb_heap_init':
17 > sis_main.c:1265: `HW_CURSOR_AREA_SIZE' undeclared (first use in this
18 > function)
19 > sis_main.c:1265: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
20 > sis_main.c:1265: for each function it appears in.)
21 > sis_main.c:1087: warning: unused variable `temp'
22 > sis_main.c: In function `sisfb_post_setmode':
23 > sis_main.c:1647: `IND_SIS_CRT2_WRITE_ENABLE' undeclared (first use in
24 > this function)
25 > make[3]: *** [sis_main.o] Error 1
26 > make[3]: Leaving directory
27 > `/usr/src/linux-2.4.15-pre5/drivers/video/sis'
28 >
29 > Thanks,
30 > --
31 > Collins Richey
32 > Denver Area
33 > gentoo_rc6 xfce+sylpheed
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41 Hendrik Visage
42 hvisage@×××××××××××.za