build failure with kernel 2.6.25

Fabio Rossi — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 14:27:51 -0000
I get the following error when building against kernel 2.6.25:
gcc -I/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0 -I/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/include -I/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/include -Wp,-MD,/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/hp_82341/.hp_82341_read.o.d  -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.9.4/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude  -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -O2  -fno-stack-protector -m64 -march=core2 -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args  -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow  -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign    -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(hp_82341_read)"  -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(hp_82341)" -c -o /var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/hp_82341/hp_82341_read.o /var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/hp_82341/hp_82341_read.c
(cat /dev/null;   echo kernel//var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/agilent_82357a/agilent_82357a.ko;) > /var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/agilent_82357a/modules.order
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c: In function ‘one_char’:
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c:168:16: error: ‘struct tty_driver’ has no member named ‘ops’
     tty->driver->ops->write (tty, buf, strlen(buf)); \
                ^
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c:315:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘TTY_LOG’
   TTY_LOG ("\n *** %s *** Read Error - %s\n", NAME,
   ^
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c:169:16: error: ‘struct tty_driver’ has no member named ‘ops’
     tty->driver->ops->write (tty, "\r", 1);  \
                ^
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c:315:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘TTY_LOG’
   TTY_LOG ("\n *** %s *** Read Error - %s\n", NAME,
   ^
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c: In function ‘usb_gpib_attach’:
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c:168:16: error: ‘struct tty_driver’ has no member named ‘ops’
     tty->driver->ops->write (tty, buf, strlen(buf)); \
                ^
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c:407:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘TTY_LOG’
   TTY_LOG ("%s:%s - %s is not a valid usb->gpib adapter.\n",
   ^
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c:169:16: error: ‘struct tty_driver’ has no member named ‘ops’
     tty->driver->ops->write (tty, "\r", 1);  \
                ^
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c:407:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘TTY_LOG’
   TTY_LOG ("%s:%s - %s is not a valid usb->gpib adapter.\n",
   ^
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c:168:16: error: ‘struct tty_driver’ has no member named ‘ops’
     tty->driver->ops->write (tty, buf, strlen(buf)); \
                ^
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c:445:2: note: in expansion of macro ‘TTY_LOG’
  TTY_LOG ("Module '%s' has been succesfully configured\n", NAME);
  ^
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c:169:16: error: ‘struct tty_driver’ has no member named ‘ops’
     tty->driver->ops->write (tty, "\r", 1);  \
                ^
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c:445:2: note: in expansion of macro ‘TTY_LOG’
  TTY_LOG ("Module '%s' has been succesfully configured\n", NAME);
  ^
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c: In function ‘usb_gpib_detach’:
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c:168:16: error: ‘struct tty_driver’ has no member named ‘ops’
     tty->driver->ops->write (tty, buf, strlen(buf)); \
                ^
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c:484:2: note: in expansion of macro ‘TTY_LOG’
  TTY_LOG ("Module '%s' has been detached\n", NAME);
  ^
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c:169:16: error: ‘struct tty_driver’ has no member named ‘ops’
     tty->driver->ops->write (tty, "\r", 1);  \
                ^
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c:484:2: note: in expansion of macro ‘TTY_LOG’
  TTY_LOG ("Module '%s' has been detached\n", NAME);
  ^
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c: In function ‘usb_gpib_interface_clear’:
/var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c:583:6: warning: variable ‘retval’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
  int retval=0;
      ^
make[6]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:220: /var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.o] Error 1
make[5]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:348: /var/tmp/portage/sci-libs/linux-gpib-4.1.0/work/linux-gpib-4.1.0/drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib] Error 2
make[5]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
The build failure is due to the "struct tty_operations ops" which has been created only with kernel 2.6.26. I am attaching a proposal patch to successfully compile the driver.
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build failure with kernel 2.6.25
