Error building ntfs dkms module

[Marek Matulka]

On 31/10/2007, André Costa <blueser at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> since last kernel upgrade ntfs module has been failing to build.
>
> /var/lib/dkms/ntfs/2.1.28-2/build/make.log shows this:
>
> DKMS make.log for ntfs-2.1.28-2 for kernel 2.6.23.1-10.fc7 (x86_64)
> Wed Oct 31 00:21:17 BRST 2007
> make: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.23.1-10.fc7-x86_64'
>   LD      /var/lib/dkms/ntfs/2.1.28-2/build/built-in.o
>   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ntfs/2.1.28-2/build/aops.o
>   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ntfs/2.1.28-2/build/attrib.o
>   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ntfs/2.1.28-2/build/collate.o
>   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ntfs/2.1.28-2/build/compress.o
>   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ntfs/2.1.28-2/build/debug.o
>   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ntfs/2.1.28-2/build/dir.o
>   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ntfs/2.1.28-2/build/file.o
> /var/lib/dkms/ntfs/2.1.28-2/build/file.c:2279: error: unknown field
> 'sendfile' specified in initializer
> /var/lib/dkms/ntfs/2.1.28-2/build/file.c:2279: error:
> 'generic_file_sendfile' undeclared here (not in a function)
> make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/ntfs/2.1.28-2/build/file.o] Error 1
> make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/ntfs/2.1.28-2/build] Error 2
> make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.23.1-10.fc7-x86_64'
>
> Any hints?

why do you need this dkms-ntfs module? ntfs is now supported by fedora
and you don't need any extra package to use ntfs... I don't have
dkms-ntfs and I can read and write ntfs partitions... :)

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