Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 04 Oct 2000 15:24:46 -0400 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: asm-i386/uaccess.h changes: bug or feature? |
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Wes McRae wrote: > > Hello---- > > Background: compiling lm_sensors 2.5.2 on RedHat 7.0 running 2.4.0-test8 > kernel. (vanilla intel system) > > Attempting to compile the sensor package gave symbol errors regarding > the xxx_ret symbols (copying to/from user space, putting/getting. These > have been removed from uaccess.h in recent kernels. These were present > in 2.2.16 and at least some 2.3.x kernels. As you can see from the > appended diff, these appear to be the only changes. I tend to assume > there's a reason, but could find no explanation in the kernel docs for > it. > > For what it's worth, I could still compile the application--just not > load its modules. > > Many apologies if this is not the right place to send this--it seemed > the most likely place after checking MAINTAINERS and REPORTING-BUGS.
These macros were removed. Just replace the usage with the appropriate if statement. See this thread for the reason: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=96721877032003&w=2
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