[Tfug] Another question

[scott]

Hello all,

Again I am trying to compile this kernel 2.4.20 and I appreciate the 
advice I have received.  I am now in the process of slogging through the 
code making corrections.  What I am doing is pulling up the 2.4.18 
kernel and comparing the files to where my bzImage is flagging that I am 
having an error message.  Then I am rewriting the  2.4.20 kernel to 
match the 2.4.18 kernel.  Since I have no idea as to what the code has 
to do with, I am doing this blind.  So I am getting farther and farther 
along until I get this error message:

devlist.h:6956: __devices_feda causes a section type conflict
devlist.h:6959: __devices_fffe causes a section type conflict
devlist.h:6963: __devices_ffff causes a section type conflict
In file included from names.c:50:
devlist.h:1279:32: warning: trigraph ??) ignored
devlist.h:6369:24: warning: trigraph ??) ignored
make[3]: *** [names.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/scott/junk/linux/linux/drivers/pci'
make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/scott/junk/linux/linux/drivers/pci'
make[1]: *** [_subdir_pci] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/scott/junk/linux/linux/drivers'
make: *** [_dir_drivers] Error 2


NOW, my problem is that there is no file called devlist.h that I can 
find in the /include/asm directory.   My other question is; is this the 
correct way to fix this?  Or am I slowly going to convert one kernel to 
another?  One other question for Leo,  you advised me to get an AA 
patch.  This patch is labelled for teh 2.4.18 kernel.  Wouldn't this 
patch have been folded into the 2.4.2 kernel when it was 'upgraded'?  

thanks for all your advise.

Scott