I've an old system still running the 2.4 kernel. Unfortunately current svgalib does not compile here. Tried it with the same portage on another system running the 2.6 kernel and everything went fine. So, I assume it's a bug handling the 2.4 kernel. Here is the error message: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -O2 -DLINUX -Dlinux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -I/include -I. -I//usr/src/linux/include -I//usr/src/linux/include/asm/mach-default -DSVGALIB_HELPER_MAJOR=209 -c -o main.o main.c In file included from //usr/src/linux/include/linux/highmem.h:5, from //usr/src/linux/include/linux/vmalloc.h:8, from //usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h:47, from //usr/src/linux/include/asm/pci.h:41, from //usr/src/linux/include/linux/pci.h:683, from main.c:19: //usr/src/linux/include/asm/pgalloc.h: In function `get_pgd_slow': //usr/src/linux/include/asm/pgalloc.h:67: error: `PAGE_OFFSET_RAW' undeclared (first use in this function) //usr/src/linux/include/asm/pgalloc.h:67: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once //usr/src/linux/include/asm/pgalloc.h:67: error: for each function it appears in.) In file included from //usr/src/linux/include/asm/pci.h:41, from //usr/src/linux/include/linux/pci.h:683, from main.c:19: //usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h: In function `virt_to_phys': //usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h:78: error: `PAGE_OFFSET_RAW' undeclared (first use in this function) //usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h: In function `phys_to_virt': //usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h:96: error: `PAGE_OFFSET_RAW' undeclared (first use in this function) //usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h: In function `isa_check_signature': //usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h:268: error: `PAGE_OFFSET_RAW' undeclared (first use in this function) make: *** [main.o] Error 1 !!! ERROR: media-libs/svgalib-1.9.19-r3 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 95, Exitcode 2 !!! Failed to build kernel module! !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.run 2.4 kernel 2.install svgalib Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.4.28 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.28 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Mar 21 2005, 13:20:31)] distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.22-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-mcpu=athlon -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks keeptemp sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://192.168.200.2/" MAKEOPTS="-j 2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://192.168.200.2/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X Xaw3d a52 aac aalib acl alsa apache2 apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo bzlib cdparanoia crypt cups curl divx4linux dvd dvdread emacs emboss encode esd fam ffmpeg flac flash font-server foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm ggi gif gmp gnome gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 guile icq imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg kde kdeenablefinal lcms ldap libg++ libwww mad maildir matroska mikmodmng motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mysql nas ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl plotutils png ppds python qt quicktime readline samba sasl scanner sdl slang sndfile spell ssl svga szip tcltk tcpd tetex theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb wmf xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Wow, now run into same error compiling alsa-driver-1.0.8 It's probably a kernel bug...? Here is that error message: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE=1 -I/var/tmp/portage/alsa-driver-1.0.8/work/alsa-driver-1.0.8/include -I/usr/src/linux/include -I/usr/src/linux/include -O2 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon -DLINUX -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -DALSA_BUILD -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c hwdep.c In file included from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/highmem.h:5, from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/vmalloc.h:8, from /usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h:47, from /usr/src/linux/include/asm/pci.h:41, from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/pci.h:683, from /var/tmp/portage/alsa-driver-1.0.8/work/alsa-driver-1.0.8/include/adriver.h:72, from /var/tmp/portage/alsa-driver-1.0.8/work/alsa-driver-1.0.8/include/sound/driver.h:42, from hwdep.c:22: /usr/src/linux/include/asm/pgalloc.h: In function `get_pgd_slow': /usr/src/linux/include/asm/pgalloc.h:67: error: `PAGE_OFFSET_RAW' undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/src/linux/include/asm/pgalloc.h:67: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once /usr/src/linux/include/asm/pgalloc.h:67: error: for each function it appears in.) In file included from /usr/src/linux/include/asm/pci.h:41, from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/pci.h:683, from /var/tmp/portage/alsa-driver-1.0.8/work/alsa-driver-1.0.8/include/adriver.h:72, from /var/tmp/portage/alsa-driver-1.0.8/work/alsa-driver-1.0.8/include/sound/driver.h:42, from hwdep.c:22: /usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h: In function `virt_to_phys': /usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h:78: error: `PAGE_OFFSET_RAW' undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h: In function `phys_to_virt': /usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h:96: error: `PAGE_OFFSET_RAW' undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h: In function `isa_check_signature': /usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h:268: error: `PAGE_OFFSET_RAW' undeclared (first use in this function) make[1]: *** [hwdep.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/alsa-driver-1.0.8/work/alsa-driver-1.0.8/acore' make: *** [compile] Error 1 !!! ERROR: media-sound/alsa-driver-1.0.8 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 86, Exitcode 2 !!! Make Failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.
After switching to vanilla-sources-2.4.28 everything is ok again. So, it's a bug in the kernel.
Marking as fixed as 2.4.28 is stable
