On Wednesday, 22 August 2007 22:12, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > Hi, > > > CC [M] drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw-mac80211/zd_mac.o > > drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw-mac80211/zd_mac.c: In function > > `zd_op_erp_ie_changed': > > drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw-mac80211/zd_mac.c:822: error: > > `IEEE80211_ERP_CHANGE_PREAMBLE' undeclared (first use in this function) > > drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw-mac80211/zd_mac.c:822: error: (Each > > undeclared identifier is reported only once > > drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw-mac80211/zd_mac.c:822: error: for each > > function it appears in.) > > drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw-mac80211/zd_mac.c: At top level: > > drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw-mac80211/zd_mac.c:844: error: unknown field > > `erp_ie_changed' specified in initializer > > drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw-mac80211/zd_mac.c:844: warning: > > initialization from incompatible pointer type > > make[4]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw-mac80211/zd_mac.o] Error 1 > > make[3]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw-mac80211] Error 2 > > make[2]: *** [drivers/net/wireless] Error 2 > > make[1]: *** [drivers/net] Error 2 > > make: *** [drivers] Error 2 > > I'm not a zd1211rw developer, but a quick look into the patch series it seems > that the mac80211 version in -mm1 does not contain the patch > [PATCH 4/4] mac80211: implement ERP info change notifications > But it does contain the zd1211rw patch: > [PATCH] zd1211rw-mac80211: use correct preambles for RTS/CTS frames > Which depended on the above mentioned mac80211 patch. > > Just had a second thought about those rt2x00 compilation errors you reported, > the error is not caused by rt2x00 lagging behind mac80211 api changes but > that rt2x00 patches to follow the api changes are going upstream but > the mac80211 api changes it depends on are not going anywhere. > > It seems that mac80211 has not been updated in the -mm tree while the > drivers have been updated. This is causing the compilation errors for both > rt2x00 as zd1211rw. > I'll bet that if you try any other mac80211 driver similar issues will arise.
Yup. This also happens to the b43 driver, for example. Greetings, Rafael -- "Premature optimization is the root of all evil." - Donald Knuth - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
