[Asterisk-Users] Problem compiling zaptel on latest RHEL kernel(2.6.9-34.EL)

[Anthony Rodgers]

Many thanks, Russ - I'll give this a try.

Thank goodness a) for test servers and b) for the ability of Linux to  
rollback with a simple change to grub.conf :-)

Regards,
-- 
Anthony Rodgers
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On 11-Mar-06, at 7:33 AM, Russ Price wrote:

> Anthony Rodgers wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I have just updated our test server to 2.6.9-34.EL and get the  
> following
> > error messages when compiling zaptel:
> >
> > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.9-34.EL-i686'
> >   CC [M]  /usr/src/zaptel/zaptel-1.2.1/zaptel.o
> > /usr/src/zaptel/zaptel-1.2.1/zaptel.c:383: error: syntax error  
> before
> > "zone_lock"
>
> [snipped]
>
> This bit me with CentOS 4.2 as well.  The problem is actually a  
> typo in
> the kernel spinlock.h file. See:
>
> <http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=6425>
>
> and
>
> <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=180568>
>
> for more information.
>
> Here's a quick fix.  In your zaptel Makefile, add the following  
> (line 38
> for 1.2.4) - THIS SHOLD BE ALL ONE LINE:
>
> CFLAGS+=$(shell if uname -r | grep -q 2.6.9-34.EL; then echo
> "-Drw_lock_t=\"rwlock_t\""; fi)
>
> This way, if this is fixed in the next kernel release, you won't  
> need to
> make another change to the Makefile.
>
>         Russ
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