Subject: Re: linux-next: v4l-dvb tree build failure

From: Andreas Oberritter <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:26:05 +0100

Hello Stephen,

Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Mauro,
> 
> Today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig) failed like this:
> drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c: In function 'dvb_register_device':
> drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:254: error: implicit declaration of function 'nums2minor'
> 
> Caused by commit f3d9182030d9655d9ffff33dfceb45b4a127b6ec ("V4L/DVB
> (9361): Dynamic DVB minor allocation") which clearly has not even been
> built with CONFIG_DVB_DYNAMIC_MINORS=y.
> 
> I applied the following patch.
> 
> More care required, please.

thank you! The error is hidden by #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE > KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 27)
in the v4l-dvb repository. That's why it didn't show up during testing.

Regards,
Andreas