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Hi All,
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error: variable `hdlc_cdevsw' has initializer but incomplete type
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This is the error that i'm getting while trying to compiling a driver
..inspite of this way of declaration being valid in gcc i'm getting this
error.
I have declared hdlc_open and defined CDEV_MAJOR prior to this .
static struct cdevsw hdlc_cdevsw = {
.d_name = "hdlc_cdev" ,
.d_maj = CDEV_MAJOR,
.d_open = hdlc_open;
};
I'm here by providing the cdevsw structure for ur refrence .kindly let me
know why this err is occuring .
Charac device structure
struct cdevsw {
int d_version;
int d_maj;
u_int d_flags;
const char *d_name;
d_open_t *d_open;
d_fdopen_t *d_fdopen;
d_close_t *d_close;
d_read_t *d_read;
d_write_t *d_write;
d_ioctl_t *d_ioctl;
d_poll_t *d_poll;
d_mmap_t *d_mmap;
d_strategy_t *d_strategy;
dumper_t *d_dump;
d_kqfilter_t *d_kqfilter;
d_spare1_t *d_spare1;
d_spare2_t *d_spare2;

/* These fields should not be messed with by drivers */
LIST_ENTRY(cdev sw) d_list;
LIST_HEAD(, cdev) d_devs;
int d_refcount;
};

kindly let me know what is the problem here
Thanks in Advance ,
RAshmi.N.S


Nov 15 '05 #1
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"rashmi" <ns******@gmail .com> wrote in message
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Hi All,
*************** *************** *************** ****
error: variable `hdlc_cdevsw' has initializer but incomplete type
*************** *************** *************** ******

This is the error that i'm getting while trying to compiling a driver
.inspite of this way of declaration being valid in gcc i'm getting this
error.
I have declared hdlc_open and defined CDEV_MAJOR prior to this .
static struct cdevsw hdlc_cdevsw = {
.d_name = "hdlc_cdev" ,


^^^ dots aren't part of the name, they have special use -- when accessing
member of a structure but not when defining/declaring it. Remove the dots
here.

Alex
Nov 15 '05 #2
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 17:29:22 +0400, Alexei A. Frounze wrote:
"rashmi" <ns******@gmail .com> wrote in message
news:6d******** *************** *******@localho st.talkaboutpro gramming.com...
Hi All,
*************** *************** *************** ****
error: variable `hdlc_cdevsw' has initializer but incomplete type
*************** *************** *************** ******

This is the error that i'm getting while trying to compiling a driver
.inspite of this way of declaration being valid in gcc i'm getting this
error.
I have declared hdlc_open and defined CDEV_MAJOR prior to this .
The error is saying that the structure type is incomplete i.e. the
compiler cannot see a definition (i.e. the specification of the
structure members) of struct cdevsw at this point.
static struct cdevsw hdlc_cdevsw = {
.d_name = "hdlc_cdev" ,


^^^ dots aren't part of the name, they have special use -- when accessing
member of a structure but not when defining/declaring it. Remove the dots
here.


Dots aren't part of the name but they are part of the C99 named structure
member initialisation syntax so they are required here.

Lawrence

Nov 15 '05 #3

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