[asterisk-users] Invalid use of undefined type when make dahdi

[Shaun Ruffell]

On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 09:56:40PM +1200, CB wrote:
> I am attempting to install Dahdi on a virtual machine running Centos 5.5 and
> having various problems.
> 
> yum install kernel-devel gcc make gcc-c++ libxml2-devel
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> * updates: mirror.optus.net
> Setting up Install Process
> Package kernel-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.el5.x86_64 already installed and
> latest version
> Package gcc-4.1.2-50.el5.x86_64 already installed and latest version
> Package 1:make-3.81-3.el5.x86_64 already installed and latest version
> Package gcc-c++-4.1.2-50.el5.x86_64 already installed and latest version
> Package libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_5.1.x86_64 already installed
> and latest version
> Package libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_5.1.i386 already installed and
> latest version
> Nothing to do
> 
> [root at atlantis dahdi-linux-2.4.1.2]# make
> make -C drivers/dahdi/firmware firmware-loaders
> make[1]: Entering directory
> `/usr/src/dahdi-linux-2.4.1.2/drivers/dahdi/firmware'
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/src/dahdi-linux-2.4.1.2/drivers/dahdi/firmware'
> You do not appear to have the sources for the 2.6.18-238.el5 kernel
> installed.
> 
> So we're running a different kernel...
> 
> uname -r
> 2.6.18-238.el5
> 
> Downloaded kernel sources for 2.6.18-238.el5
> 
> [user at atlantis ~]$ mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
> [user at atlantis ~]$ echo '%_topdir %(echo $HOME)/rpmbuild' >
> ~/.rpmmacros
> [user at atlantis ~]$cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS
> [user at atlantis ~]$rpmbuild -bp --target=`uname -m` kernel-2.6.spec
> 2> prep-err.log | tee prep-out.log
> 
> [root at atlantis kernel-2.6.18]# cp
> /home/user/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.x86_64
> /usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-238.el5-x86_64 -R
> 
> [root at atlantis dahdi-linux-complete-2.4.1.2+2.4.1]# make all
> 
> /usr/src/dahdi-linux-complete-2.4.1.2+2.4.1/linux/drivers/dahdi/dahdi-base.c:8652:
> error: invalid use of undefined type ‘struct module’
> /usr/src/dahdi-linux-complete-2.4.1.2+2.4.1/linux/drivers/dahdi/dahdi-base.c:8652:
> error: ‘struct dahdi_chan’ has no member named ‘pulsecount’
> etc etc
> 
> This article (http://asteriskfaqs.org/2011/01/30/asterisk-users/invalid-use-of-undefined-type-struct-module.html) indicates that those errors are the result of not having CONFIG_MODULES set in the kernel config. 
> 
> cd /home/user/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.x86_64
> make menuconfig
> [*] Enable loadable module support
> 
> Legend: [*] built-in
> 
> Any advice appreciated.

It still looks like the kernel that is running doesn't match the kernel that
you prepped.

Can you "yum install kernel-devel-`uname -r`" after cleaning up the
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-238.el5-x86_64 directory and then build?

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Shaun Ruffell
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