[flashrom] Compilation error, solution, and bonus log

[Stefan Tauner]

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:47:57 +0200
KewlCat <kewlcat.fr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello
> 
> I've tried to compile flashrom-0.9.5.2 on a Slackware (-current) with
> kernel 3.2.13 but I encountered this error :
> 
> cc -MMD -Os -Wall -Wshadow -Werror  -D'CONFIG_INTERNAL=1'
> -D'CONFIG_SERPROG=1' -D'CONFIG_RAYER_SPI=1' -D'CONFIG_BITBANG_SPI=1'
> -D'CONFIG_NIC3COM=1' -D'CONFIG_GFXNVIDIA=1' -D'CONFIG_SATASII=1'
> -D'CONFIG_DUMMY=1' -D'CONFIG_DRKAISER=1' -D'CONFIG_NICREALTEK=1'
> -D'CONFIG_NICINTEL=1' -D'CONFIG_NICINTEL_SPI=1' -D'CONFIG_OGP_SPI=1'
> -D'CONFIG_BUSPIRATE_SPI=1' -D'CONFIG_SATAMV=1' -D'CONFIG_LINUX_SPI=1'
> -D'NEED_PCI=1' -D'HAVE_UTSNAME=1' -D'FLASHROM_VERSION="0.9.5.2-r1515"' -o
> linux_spi.o -c linux_spi.c
> In file included from linux_spi.c:27:0:
> /usr/include/linux/spi/spidev.h:83:2: error: unknown type name ‘__u64’
> /usr/include/linux/spi/spidev.h:84:2: error: unknown type name ‘__u64’
> /usr/include/linux/spi/spidev.h:86:2: error: unknown type name ‘__u32’
> /usr/include/linux/spi/spidev.h:87:2: error: unknown type name ‘__u32’
> /usr/include/linux/spi/spidev.h:89:2: error: unknown type name ‘__u16’
> /usr/include/linux/spi/spidev.h:90:2: error: unknown type name ‘__u8’
> /usr/include/linux/spi/spidev.h:91:2: error: unknown type name ‘__u8’
> /usr/include/linux/spi/spidev.h:92:2: error: unknown type name ‘__u32’
> linux_spi.c: In function ‘linux_spi_init’:
> linux_spi.c:93:17: error: ‘__u32’ undeclared (first use in this function)
> linux_spi.c:93:17: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> for each function it appears in
> linux_spi.c:102:16: error: ‘__u8’ undeclared (first use in this function)
> make: *** [linux_spi.o] Error 1
> 
> ... so I started looking around and found the fix : I added #include
> <linux/types.h> before #include <linux/spi/spidev.h>, line 27 of
> flashrom-0.9.5.2/linux_spi.c
> 
> It now compiles and works.

afaics this should not be necessary at all.
the header in http://packages.slackverse.org/?v=3&p=316 includes
linux/types.h itself at the top (as expected). can you explain why
yours does not?

> 
> ... well, mostly.
> I have this message telling me that Intel H67 chipset is supported but
> since the motherboard is not on your wiki, I thought i'd send you the log
> ;-)
> If you can do something for me, please let me know. I'd be very interested
> in being able to flash my motherboard without fiddling with bottable floppy
> + iso images !

a part of the flash is locked down, we wont support this in the
foreseeable future, sorry. ill add your board to the wiki shortly.

-- 
Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner