asterisk users - Oct 2007 - Little OT: Compilation of EICON driver fails with capi errors

Hello,

I want to use a 4 port ISDN card from EICON/DIALOGIC in our asterisk server.
The system is a Ubuntu 7.10 with kernel 2.6.23.1. The compilation of the 
kernel finishes without any problems. I have downloaded and installed 
the deb-source package that EICON/DIALOGIC offers. Th installation 
script crashes with the following error messages:

# LOG ---- START SECTION read kernel version ------------------
#+ LOG INFO: /proc/version:  Linux version 2.6.23.1 (root at asterisk) (gcc 
version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)) #3 SMP Sat 
Oct 27 11:59:57 CEST 2007
#+ LOG INFO: /etc/*-release: DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"
#+ LOG INFO: Makefile/VERSION = 2
#+ LOG INFO: Makefile/PATCHLEVEL = 6
#+ LOG INFO: Makefile/SUBLEVEL = 23
#+ LOG INFO: Makefile/EXTRAVERSION = .1
# LOG ---- END SECTION read kernel version ------------------
[ cut ]
#+ LOG INFO: end modules_prepare

   WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.23.1/Module.symvers
            is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions.

   CC [M]  drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.o
drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c: In function ?recv_handler?:
drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c:308: warning: format ?%s? expects type ?char 
*?, but argument 3 has type ?struct _cdebbuf *?
drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c: In function ?capi_ctr_handle_message?:
drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c:331: warning: format ?%s? expects type ?char 
*?, but argument 3 has type ?struct _cdebbuf *?
drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c:354: warning: format ?%s? expects type ?char 
*?, but argument 3 has type ?struct _cdebbuf *?
drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c: In function ?capi20_put_message?:
drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c:671: warning: format ?%s? expects type ?char 
*?, but argument 3 has type ?struct _cdebbuf *?
drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c:1013:50: error: macro "INIT_WORK" passed 3 
arguments, but takes just 2
drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c: In function ?kcapi_init?:
drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c:1013: error: ?INIT_WORK? undeclared (first use 
in this function)
drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c:1013: error: (Each undeclared identifier is 
reported only once
drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c:1013: error: for each function it appears in.)
drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c:1014:47: error: macro "INIT_WORK" passed 3 
arguments, but takes just 2
make[2]: *** [drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [drivers/isdn/capi] Error 2
make: *** [_module_drivers/isdn] Error 2
#+ LOG INFO: pwd:/usr/lib/eicon/divas/src
#! LOG ABORT EXECUTION DUE TO ERROR  : Failed to call 'make modules'
#! LOG ERROR INFO: make modules

Has anyone on the list experienced similar problems with an EICON card 
and has found a solution?
I also tested the installation with kernel 2.6.22-14 which is the one 
that comes with Ubuntu - same problem.
I already contacted EICON support but they haven't answered yet.

Thanks for any hint.

Stefan


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On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 19:49 +0200, Stefan Guenther
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I want to use a 4 port ISDN card from EICON/DIALOGIC in our asterisk
server.
> The system is a Ubuntu 7.10 with kernel 2.6.23.1. The compilation of the 
> kernel finishes without any problems. I have downloaded and installed 
> the deb-source package that EICON/DIALOGIC offers. Th installation 
> script crashes with the following error messages:
[snip]

I have a couple of single BRI and one quad BRI Eicon Diva Server cards.
On Fedora 6 and 7 and CentOS 4.x and 5 there is no need to install
anything from Eicon. The kernel already includes the modules for these
Eicon Diva Server cards. Here is how I load the modules manually:

/sbin/modprobe -v divas
/sbin/modprobe -v diva_idi
/sbin/modprobe -v kernelcapi
/sbin/modprobe -v capi
/sbin/modprobe -v divacapi

Regards,
Patrick

On Sat, 27 Oct 2007, Stefan Guenther wrote:
> Hello,
I want to use a 4 port ISDN card from EICON/DIALOGIC in our asterisk server.
The system is a Ubuntu 7.10 with kernel 2.6.23.1. The compilation of the 
kernel finishes without any problems. I have downloaded and installed 
the deb-source package that EICON/DIALOGIC offers. Th installation 
script crashes with the following error messages:

...
drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c:1014:47: error: macro "INIT_WORK" passed 3 
arguments, but takes just 2
make[2]: *** [drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [drivers/isdn/capi] Error 2
make: *** [_module_drivers/isdn] Error 2
#+ LOG INFO: pwd:/usr/lib/eicon/divas/src
#! LOG ABORT EXECUTION DUE TO ERROR  : Failed to call 'make modules'
#! LOG ERROR INFO: make modules
> Has anyone on the list experienced similar problems with an EICON card 
> and has found a solution?
> I also tested the installation with kernel 2.6.22-14 which is the one 
> that comes with Ubuntu - same problem.
> I already contacted EICON support but they haven't answered yet.
It looks like the kcapi module that's coming with the Eicon package is
incompatible with the new kernel version.
If you don't have the need for using the Eicon package, you might want
to try the Melware V3 driver which uses the in-kernel capi and will not
patch the kernel on your system.

Armin