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Linux Kernel 2.6.16 and ISDN FRITZ!Card PCI

In case anyone out there owns an ISDN FRITZ!Card PCI and wants to install the Linux kernel 2.6.16: you're in a bit of a trouble. The official CAPI driver will not compile. I threw an eye at it and came up with a simple patch that solves it:

--- fritz/src/tools.h   2005-07-07 00:00:00.000000000 +0200
+++ fritz-kernel-2.6/src/tools.h        2006-03-21 16:13:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -71,12 +71,14 @@

 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------* \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+#ifndef atomic_xchg
 static inline unsigned long atomic_xchg (
        volatile atomic_t *     v,
        unsigned                value
 ) {
        return __xchg (value, &v->counter, sizeof (unsigned));
 } /* atomic_xchg */
+#endif

 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------* \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

posted by AlesS @ 3/24/2006 02:09:00 PM