Efika (mpc5200b): sound doesn't build/work from linux-2.6.38.x

[acrux]

On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 03:48:03 +0100
acrux <acrux_it at libero.it> wrote:

> board: Genesi Efika (MPC5200B)
> problem: unable to use sound subsystem instead it works fine with linux-2.6.36.4 (+ device tree supplement, attached) .
> 
> With linux-2.6.38.8 and linux-2.6.39.4 it doesn't build.
> That's from my build log:
> 
> [...]
>   LD      sound/soc/blackfin/built-in.o
>   LD      sound/soc/codecs/built-in.o
>   CC [M]  sound/soc/codecs/stac9766.o
>   LD [M]  sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-stac9766.o
>   LD      sound/soc/davinci/built-in.o
>   LD      sound/soc/ep93xx/built-in.o
>   LD      sound/soc/fsl/built-in.o
>   CC [M]  sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.o
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:372:16: warning: 'struct of_device' declared inside parameter list
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:372:16: warning: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c: In function 'mpc5200_hpcd_probe':
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:383:31: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:384:31: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:385:14: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:390:14: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:402:27: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:414:20: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:428:14: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:475:21: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:478:38: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c: At top level:
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:490:39: warning: 'struct of_device' declared inside parameter list
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c: In function 'mpc5200_hpcd_remove':
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:492:47: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:494:2: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:496:33: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:508:21: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c: At top level:
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:522:2: error: unknown field 'owner' specified in initializer
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:522:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:523:2: error: unknown field 'name' specified in initializer
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:523:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:524:2: error: unknown field 'match_table' specified in initializer
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:524:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:525:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
> sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.c:526:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
> make[3]: *** [sound/soc/fsl/mpc5200_dma.o] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [sound/soc/fsl] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [sound/soc] Error 2
> make: *** [sound] Error 2
> 
> 

well, i got the same error with also linux-2.6.37. Btw, this was already reported about a year ago:
http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2011-February/088415.html


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