compilation error: conflicting types for 'dev_name'

[igilham]

I'm encountering an error building the driver:

# make
for n in src Examples; do make -C $n || exit 1; done
make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/hgfs/workspace/dveo-linux-master/src'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.18-371.1.2.el5/build M=/mnt/hgfs/workspace/dveo-linux-master/src modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-371.1.2.el5-x86_64'
  CC [M]  /mnt/hgfs/workspace/dveo-linux-master/src/asicore.o
  CC [M]  /mnt/hgfs/workspace/dveo-linux-master/src/miface.o
  CC [M]  /mnt/hgfs/workspace/dveo-linux-master/src/mdma.o
  CC [M]  /mnt/hgfs/workspace/dveo-linux-master/src/dvbmaster.o
  CC [M]  /mnt/hgfs/workspace/dveo-linux-master/src/mdev.o
/mnt/hgfs/workspace/dveo-linux-master/src/mdev.c:43: error: conflicting types for ‘dev_name’
include/linux/device.h:408: error: previous definition of ‘dev_name’ was here
make[3]: *** [/mnt/hgfs/workspace/dveo-linux-master/src/mdev.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/mnt/hgfs/workspace/dveo-linux-master/src] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-371.1.2.el5-x86_64'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/hgfs/workspace/dveo-linux-master/src'
make: *** [all] Error 1

Machine details:

# uname -a
Linux host.name 2.6.18-371.1.2.el5 #1 SMP Tue Oct 22 12:51:53 EDT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# cat /etc/redhat-release 
CentOS release 5.10 (Final)

[kierank]

It's a lot of work to support all the kernels from 2.6 to the latest. I've asked DVEO to update their driver but no response. There have been patches in the past but then other kernel versions break.

[igilham]

I'll take your word for it; I've never tried to maintain a kernel driver. It works in our playout environment but not in our continuous integration environment or development VMs.

[kierank]

I would suggest writing to DVEO because if they see more people wanting fixes they'll have to respond: http://dveo.com/contact-tech-support.shtml

[igilham]

I have followed your suggestion.