Re: [Bug 868] New: Files missing?

[Jurriaan]

From: Martin J. Bligh <[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 07:11:13AM -0700
> http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=868
> 
>            Summary: Files missing?
>     Kernel Version: 2.5.73,2.5.74
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>              Owner: [e-mail]
>          Submitter: [e-mail]
> 
> 
> Distribution: Debian
> Hardware Environment: AMD Athlon 2000+, 512 SDRAM
> Software Environment:
> Problem Description: Missing files in kernel?
> 
> Steps to reproduce: wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.5/linux-2.5.
> 74.tar.bz2 && tar xjvf linux-2.5.74.tar.bz2 && cp linux-2.4.22-pre2/.config 
> linux-2.5.74/. && cd linux-2.5.74/ && make oldconfig && make menuconfig && make 
> all (And the same with 2.5.73, I have not tested the earlier versions.)
> 
> Error message: CC [M]  drivers/video/pm2fb.o
> drivers/video/pm2fb.c:44:25: video/fbcon.h: No such file or directory

This driver hasn't been ported to the new framebuffer api.

Perhaps including a video/fbcon.h file which contains

#error "You are trying to compile a framebuffer which hasn't been ported
to the new api yet - compilation will fail."

would be a good idea?

Jurriaan
-- 
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