Error building ntfs dkms module

[André Costa]

On 10/31/07, Marek Matulka <marek.matulka at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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... :)

Hi Marek,

good point =) I think I'll just drop it and see if it works.

Thks,

Andre