[Click] Kernel 2.6 patches

[Eddie Kohler]

Hi David,

Can you send your config.log?

Thanks
Eddie


David Biot wrote:
> Eddie Kohler wrote:
>> Hi Thor,
>>
>> I just checked in a patch and Click config support for 2.6.19.2.  It is not 
>> deeply tested.  For instance I haven't tested device support and there are 
>> some weird "spinlock wrong CPU" messages.  But it is there.  Patches welcome; 
>> if I broke an earlier kernel let me know.
>>
>> Eddie
>>
>>
>> Torquato Bertani wrote:
>>   
>>> Hi Eddie,
>>> do you have any plan to realize a patch for kernel more recent than 2.6.16.13?
>>>
>>> I tried to realize one for 2.6.17 without much success...too many
>>> problems with the configure script, it fails.
>>>
>>> Any suggestion?
>>>
>>> Thor
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> Hello,
> 
> I tried a fresh installation on a computer and compiled a new kernel 
> (2.6.19.2) and patched the kernel with the right patch that can be found 
> in the CVS-version of today 7 februari 2007.
> 
> After booting with the new kernel I tried compiling click. Make worked 
> without any problem. It seems it has compiled the kernel-modules.
> 
> When I try "make install" it gives errors. I do not have these errors 
> with the stable version of click.
> 
> The error is:
>> /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./elementdoc.7 /usr/local/man/man7/elementdoc.7
>> /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./testie.1 /usr/local/man/man1/testie.1
>> perl ./click-elem2man -l -d /usr/local/man/mann -P DEFAULT -p .. 
>> ../elementmap.xml
>> click-elem2man: warning: category 'devices' begins with a lowercase 
>> letter (used in UMLSwitch)
>> click-elem2man: warning: category 'devices' begins with a lowercase 
>> letter (used in UMLSwitch)
>> cd .; ../missing makeinfo click.texi
>> WARNING: `makeinfo' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
>>          you modified a `.texi' or `.texinfo' file, or any other file
>>          indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual.  The spurious
>>          call might also be the consequence of using a buggy `make' (AIX,
>>          DU, IRIX).  You might want to install the `Texinfo' package or
>>          the `GNU make' package.  Grab either from any GNU archive site.
>> make[2]: *** [click.info] Error 1
>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/click/doc'
>> make[1]: *** [install-doc] Error 2
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/click'
>> make: *** [install] Error 2
> 
> I installed the texinfo package, so the makeinfo command works. I doubt 
> my make version would be "buggy", it's the standard GNU make. The 
> test-system is running Xubuntu 6.10 with a vanilla kernel.
> 
> 
> What could be wrong here?
> 
> regards,
> David Biot
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