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Re: [pwc] pwc.ko silently fails to build in latest FC4 kernel

To: "Luc Saillard" <>
Subject: Re: [pwc] pwc.ko silently fails to build in latest FC4 kernel
From: "Lonni J Friedman" <>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 13:31:58 -0700
On 4/7/06, Luc Saillard <> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 10:52:39PM +0200, M Daniel R M wrote:
>
> > Be aware that I'm talking about a FC4 install; previous kernel versions
> > were always successful here. So, note that if you own a FC4 media, just
> > installing the "base" and updating with _yum_ will upgrade to the latest
> > FC4 kernel into one step.
> > Anyway, whatever you do will be the best;
>
> Ok i've tested it with a fedora core 5 kernel (2.6.16-1.2080_FC5) and it's
> working. I've installed the following packages using yum (really i prefer
> apt-rpm).
>
> yum install make
> yum install gcc
> yum install kernel-devel.i686
>
> Just untar the latest snapshots, and do a make. I'll grab the fedora core 4
> cds, and do the same.
>
>  pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701]$ make
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2080_FC5/source
> SUBDIRS=/home/admin/pwc/pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701 modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2080_FC5-i686'
>   CC [M]  /home/admin/pwc/pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701/pwc-if.o
>   CC [M]  /home/admin/pwc/pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701/pwc-misc.o
>   CC [M]  /home/admin/pwc/pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701/pwc-ctrl.o
>   CC [M]  /home/admin/pwc/pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701/pwc-v4l.o
> /home/admin/pwc/pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701/pwc-v4l.c:131:5: warning:
> "XAWTV_HAS_BEEN_FIXED" is not defined
>   CC [M]  /home/admin/pwc/pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701/pwc-uncompress.o
>   CC [M]  /home/admin/pwc/pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701/pwc-dec1.o
>   CC [M]  /home/admin/pwc/pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701/pwc-dec23.o
>   CC [M]  /home/admin/pwc/pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701/pwc-kiara.o
>   CC [M]  /home/admin/pwc/pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701/pwc-timon.o
>   LD [M]  /home/admin/pwc/pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701/pwc.o
>   Building modules, stage 2.
>   MODPOST
>   CC      /home/admin/pwc/pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701/pwc.mod.o
>   LD [M]  /home/admin/pwc/pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701/pwc.ko
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2080_FC5-i686'
>  pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701]$ su -c "make install"
> Password:
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2080_FC5/source
> SUBDIRS=/home/admin/pwc/pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701 modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2080_FC5-i686'
>   Building modules, stage 2.
>   MODPOST
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2080_FC5-i686'
> install -d /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2080_FC5/kernel/drivers/usb/media
> install -m 644 -c pwc.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2080_FC5/kernel/drivers/usb/media
> /sbin/depmod -a

I just tried again in FC4 with pwc-v4l2-20060407-042701 and saw no
improvement.  still a silent failure to build the module.

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