RE: [Freeipmi-devel] configure: warning while processing for powerpc / Open embedded target

[Albert Chu]

Hey Dick,

Autoconf would define sys/io.h if it found it.  So it must have found
sys/io.h and asm/io.h?

Al

On Wed, 2010-07-07 at 07:40 -0700, address@hidden wrote:
> I'm going to be lazy here...
> 
> Our cross-compile environment has io.h in asm/io.h.  However, something must 
> be defining HAVE_SYS_IO_H because that's what ipmi-kcs-driver.c ends up 
> trying to include.  Where are HAVE_[SYS/ASM]_IO_H determined and is there 
> something I can do for a quick and dirty fix?
> 
> Thanks again,
> Dick
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Albert Chu [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 5:53 PM
> To: Detweiler, Dick [NETPWR/AVOCENT/AL]
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Freeipmi-devel] configure: warning while processing for powerpc 
> / Open embedded target
> 
> Hey Dick,
> 
> Personally, I've never seen this before.  I don't use bitbake so I don't
> know much about it.  But from the output, I'd guess that your bitmake
> build environment is missing some headers.  I think what it's saying is
> if you have:
> 
> /usr/include/example.h
> 
> #include <foo.h>
> 
> mycode.c:
> 
> #include <example.h>
> 
> autoconf is only checking for example.h, but because foo.h doesn't
> exist, it can't compile.  Just a guess, hope it helps.
> 
> Al
> 
> On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 11:22 -0700, address@hidden wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Running configure via bitbake and autoconf tool sets.  They generated
> > the following warning:
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > configure: WARNING: sys/io.h: present but cannot be compiled
> > 
> > configure: WARNING: sys/io.h:     check for missing prerequisite
> > headers?
> > 
> > configure: WARNING: sys/io.h: see the Autoconf documentation
> > 
> > configure: WARNING: sys/io.h:     section "Present But Cannot Be
> > Compiled"
> > 
> > configure: WARNING: sys/io.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's
> > result
> > 
> > configure: WARNING: sys/io.h: in the future, the compiler will take
> > precedence
> > 
> > configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------- ##
> > 
> > configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to address@hidden ##
> > 
> > configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------- ##
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > So I’ve now reported.  What is the implication to this warning?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Dick Detweiler |Senior Software Engineer, MSD | Avocent | USA
> > 
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> > 
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> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
-- 
Albert Chu
address@hidden
Computer Scientist
High Performance Systems Division
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory