[openib-general] kernel build failure

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 11:48, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:
> Hi Roland,
> 
> IPOIB is failing to build with 2.6.15 and svn 4981 and 5009
> 
> In file included from drivers/infiniband/core/at.c:55:
> drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h:52:34: linux/mutex-backport.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from drivers/infiniband/core/at.c:55:
> drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h:133: error: field `mcast_mutex' has incomplete type
> drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h:134: error: field `vlan_mutex' has incomplete type
> 
> Is this related the semaphore to mutex conversions from Ingo? If so,
> does this mean that it's only expected to build with 2.6.15-git{6,7,...}
> or so? (Remember, I'm stuck with 2.6.15 until 2.6.16-rc1 comes out so
> that I can use ISER without having to patch again).

The issue appears that there is no linux/mutex-backport.h for 2.6.15. It
needs to point at the one Roland put in the tree. Not sure whether there
will be other issues after this.

Also, I believe AT is largely deprecated at this point.

-- Hal