Re: linux 2.5.4-pre3 and IDE changes

John Weber (weber@nyc.rr.com)
Thu, 07 Feb 2002 23:05:06 -0500


Skip Ford wrote:

> John Weber wrote:
>
>>The address member of struct scatterlist appears to have been changed to
>>dma_address.
>>
>>A simple s/\.address/\.dma_address/ should fix this compile error.
>>
>>ide-dma.c: In function `ide_raw_build_sglist':
>>ide-dma.c:269: structure has no member named `address'
>>ide-dma.c:276: structure has no member named `address'
>>make[3]: *** [ide-dma.o] Error 1
>>make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.5.4/drivers/ide'
>>make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
>>make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.5.4/drivers/ide'
>>make[1]: *** [_subdir_ide] Error 2
>>make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.5.4/drivers'
>>make: *** [_dir_drivers] Error 2
>>
>
> This is the patch that Jens posted, though he posted it before this
> kernel was even released. His post said it fixed a compile error
> in pre2, but pre2 compiled fine. It _does_ fix the compile error in
> pre3 though.

I thought I was going crazy. Thanks!

What is the dma_address member for?

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