Greetings!
I have a Fedora 17 machine (32-bit) with a 3.7.9 kernel. I have attempted to install nikal 2.3 and DaqMX 8.02, unsuccessfully. In short,
(1) nikal.c doesn't compile as VM_RESERVED and VM_CAN_LINEAR are no longer defined, and the 'secondary' element of the pci_bus structure has been removed.
(2) attempting to fix the source and running 'make' in the NIKAL source directory SEEMS to complete normally, updateNIDrivers doesn't complain, but (what a surprise) nilsdev --verbose crashes with:
libnipalu.so failed to initialize
Perhaps you need to run updateNIDrivers
Aborted (core dumped)
I realize this is unsupported, but I hope I can find some happy solution. I've been running happily on Fedora 14, but that is getting harder to maintain. I have a great deal of flexibility in solving this problem including running different distros although I do not want to inflict Gnome 3 on my users. Ideally I can get this to work as it is in my comfort zone, this is a small project for a small client, and the budget is limited.
(1) I have attached a patch file of the changes to nikal.c Does this pass the sanity test? I'm no kernel wizard and I an particularly concerned about my assumptions in the last two patch paragraphs. Also, I do NOT know when these changes came to pass and have assumed kernel 3.7. The patch is completely experimental.
(2) Is it sufficient to run make in the NIKAL source directory to complete the installation, or are other steps needed thereafter? Should I disassemble the installation and attempt to modify the source inside?
(3) Does anyone have a recent (as in maintainable) configuration to recommend?
(4) Is this question even germane to the error I have received?
Thanks, in advance!
-- John Navratil
