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Trueport
driver for RedHat Enterprise Linux 3
Issue
ID: ?
Date: January 20, 2006
Firmware: trueport-5.0.2-RHEL3-1.src.rpm trueport-5.0.2-RHEL3-1.tgz
The
information in this article applies to: trueport-5.0.2-RHEL3-1.src.rpm
and trueport-5.0.2-RHEL3-1.tgz
SYMPTOMS
The
standard trueport driver for Linux will not
compile under RedHat Enterprise Linux 3
CAUSE
The driver makes use of a structure called
tty_struct from the file include/linux/tty.h
in the kernel directory. In this structure
is a member called count. In the "vanilla" Linux
2.4.21 kernel, count is declared as a simple
int. In the RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.4.21
kernel, count has been changed to an atomic_t
structure.
RESOLUTION
A
special version of the driver was created
to handle the new count member properly (and
prevent compiler errors) in the same way
that all other drivers for RedHat Enterprise
Linux, that make use of this member, have
had to be changed.
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