[mythtv-users] little_endian.h errors compiliing 0.18.1

Tue Jun 14 22:15:52 UTC 2005

On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 05:52:58PM -0400, Khanh Tran wrote:
> This is 2.6.8 (SuSE 9.2, kernel 2.6.8-24.16).
> 
> I tried putting that code at the bottom of
> libs/libmyth/mythcdrom-linux.cpp, but I just get the same errors.  Any
> more ideas?

You need to replace the line that says "#include <linux/cdrom.h>"
(should be near the top) with the whole block of code I quoted.

You did mention that your kernel is 2.6.8, so you might need to change
the "2,6,9" to be "2,6,8".

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Tsai [mailto:rtsai1111 at comcast.net] 
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 5:22 PM
> > To: khanh at khanh.net; Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] little_endian.h errors compiliing 0.18.1
> > 
> > On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 05:03:37PM -0400, Khanh Tran wrote:
> > > I've been trying to compile 0.18.1 on SuSE 9.2, however I 
> > keep getting
> > > the following errors.  Anyone know what to do?
> > 
> > This is a bug in the header files in 2.6.9 (what kernel do you have)?
> > 
> > You can try the following workaround in all the source files that
> > #include <linux/cdrom.h>:
> > 
> > 	#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_CDROM_H
> > 		/* linux 2.6.9 workaround */
> > 	#  include <linux/version.h>
> > 	#  if LINUX_VERSION_CODE == KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,9)
> > 	#    include <asm/types.h>
> > 	#    define __le64 __u64
> > 	#    define __le32 __u32
> > 	#    define __le16 __u16
> > 	#    define __be64 __u64
> > 	#    define __be32 __u32
> > 	#    define __be16 __u16
> > 	#  endif /* linux 2.6.9 workaround */
> > 	#  include <linux/cdrom.h>
> > 	#endif
> > 
> > I found this on google somewhere but I can't find it again, so I have
> > no reference URL. But it allowed me to compile, back when I was on
> > 2.6.9.
> > 
> > If you're going to upgrade your kernel anyway, then you won't need
> > this workaround.
> > 
> > > make[2]: Entering directory
> > > `/home/mythtv/download/mythtv.18.1/mythtv-0.18.1/libs/libmyth'
> > > g++ -c -pipe -O2 -march=i586 -mcpu=i686 -fmessage-length=0 -Wall
> > > -march=pentium4 -I/opt/kde3/include -pthread
> > > -I/opt/gnome/include/glib-2.0 
> > -I/opt/gnome/lib/glib-2.0/include -Wall -W
> > > -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch -fomit-frame-pointer -D_REENTRANT -DPIC -fPIC
> > > -DMMX -Di386 -DUSING_IVTV -DUSING_XRANDR -D_GNU_SOURCE
> > > -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DPREFIX=\"/usr/local\" -DUSING_OSS 
> > -DUSE_ALSA
> > > -DUSE_JOYSTICK_MENU -DUSE_LIRC -DUSE_ARTS -DQT_NO_DEBUG
> > > -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -I/usr/lib/qt3/mkspecs/default -I.
> > > -I/usr/local/include -I../libmythsamplerate -I../libmythsoundtouch
> > > -I../.. -I/usr/include -I/usr/lib/qt3/include -o mythcdrom-linux.o
> > > mythcdrom-linux.cpp
> > > In file included from /usr/include/asm/byteorder.h:59,
> > >                  from /usr/include/linux/cdrom.h:14,
> > >                  from mythcdrom-linux.cpp:3:
> > > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:43: error: syntax error
> > > before `(' token
> > > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:47: error: syntax error
> > > before `*' token
> > > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h: In function `__u64
> > > __le64_to_cpup(...)':
> > > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:49: error: `p' 
> > undeclared
> > > (first use this function)
> > > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:49: error: 
> > (Each undeclared
> > > identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.)
> > > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h: At global scope:
> > > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:51: error: syntax error
> > > before `(' token
> > > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:55: error: syntax error
> > > before `*' token
> > > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:59: error: syntax error
> > > before `(' token
> > > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:63: error: syntax error
> > > before `*' token
> > > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:67: error: syntax error
> > > before `(' token
> > > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:71: error: syntax error
> > > before `*' token
> > > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:75: error: syntax error
> > > before `(' token
> > > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:79: error: syntax error
> > > before `*' token
> > > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:83: error: syntax error
> > > before `(' token
> > > /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:87: error: syntax error
> > > before `*' token
> > > make[2]: *** [mythcdrom-linux.o] Error 1
> > > make[2]: Leaving directory
> > > `/home/mythtv/download/mythtv.18.1/mythtv-0.18.1/libs/libmyth'
> > > make[1]: *** [sub-libmyth] Error 2
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory
> > > `/home/mythtv/download/mythtv.18.1/mythtv-0.18.1/libs'
> > > make: *** [sub-libs] Error 2
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
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> > 
> > --Rob
> > 

--Rob
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