[meta-freescale] Build error "kernel-module-qcacld-lea" with imx8mqevk

[Gonzalez, Alex]

On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 01:09:36PM +0000, Karim ATIKI wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I'm experiencing a weird build error while building recipe kernel-module-qcacld-lea.
>I'm building with poky rocko and imx 4.9.88.2.0.0 GA.
>My machine is based on imx8mqevk.
>
>I don't understand the error log as everything look correct in the source file.
>Any suggestion ?
>
>errors below:
>
>
>NOTE: make -j 8 KERNEL_SRC=/opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work-shared/imx8mqevk/kernel-source CONFIG_NON_QC_PLATFORM=y CONFIG_ROME_IF=pci KERNEL_PATH=/opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work-shared/imx8mqevk/kernel-source KERNEL_VERSION=4.9.88+g5e23f9d61147 CC=aarch64-poky-linux-gcc   -fuse-ld=bfd LD=aarch64-poky-linux-ld.bfd   AR=aarch64-poky-linux-ar  O=/opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work-shared/imx8mqevk/kernel-build-artifacts KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS=
>make -C /opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work-shared/imx8mqevk/kernel-source M=/opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git modules WLAN_ROOT=/opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git MODNAME?=wlan CONFIG_QCA_WIFI_ISOC=0 CONFIG_QCA_WIFI_2_0=1 CONFIG_QCA_CLD_WLAN=m WLAN_OPEN_SOURCE=1
>make[1]: Entering directory '/opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work-shared/imx8mqevk/kernel-source'
>make[2] : on entre dans le répertoire « /opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work-shared/imx8mqevk/kernel-build-artifacts »
>  CC [M]  /opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.o
>  CC [M]  /opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_wext.o
>  CC [M]  /opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/MAC/src/pe/lim/limApi.o
>  CC [M]  /opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/MAC/src/pe/lim/limAssocUtils.o
>  CC [M]  /opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/MAC/src/pe/lim/limDebug.o
>  CC [M]  /opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/MAC/src/pe/lim/limFT.o
>  CC [M]  /opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/MAC/src/pe/lim/limIbssPeerMgmt.o
>  CC [M]  /opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/MAC/src/pe/lim/limLinkMonitoringAlgo.o
>  CC [M]  /opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/MAC/src/pe/lim/limLogDump.o
>/opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c:7395:5: error: 'const struct iw_handler_def' has no member named 'num_private'
>    .num_private      = sizeof(hostapd_private) / sizeof(hostapd_private[0]),
>     ^~~~~~~~~~~
>/opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c:7395:24: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
>    .num_private      = sizeof(hostapd_private) / sizeof(hostapd_private[0]),
>                        ^~~~~~
>/opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c:7395:24: note: (near initialization for 'hostapd_handler_def.get_wireless_stats')
>/opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c:7396:5: error: 'const struct iw_handler_def' has no member named 'num_private_args'
>    .num_private_args = sizeof(hostapd_private_args) / sizeof(hostapd_private_args[0]),
>     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>/opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c:7396:24: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
>    .num_private_args = sizeof(hostapd_private_args) / sizeof(hostapd_private_args[0]),
>                        ^~~~~~
>/opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c:7396:24: note: (near initialization for 'hostapd_handler_def')
>/opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c:7398:5: error: 'const struct iw_handler_def' has no member named 'private'
>    .private          = (iw_handler *)hostapd_private,
>     ^~~~~~~
>/opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c:7398:24: warning: initialization makes integer from pointer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
>    .private          = (iw_handler *)hostapd_private,
>                        ^
>/opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c:7398:24: note: (near initialization for 'hostapd_handler_def.num_standard')
>/opt/yocto/imx8/fsl-imx8-ga-rocko/build-xwayland/tmp/work/imx8mqevk-poky-linux/kernel-module-qcacld-lea/1.0-r0/git/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c:7398:24: error: initializer element is not computable at load time
>

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It may be that the driver needs the deprecated wireless extensions. You could 
try to define CONFIG_HOSTAP in your kernel configuration as a module so that 
the WIRELESS_EXT get built. Just don't include the HOSTAP module on your final 
root filesystem.

Regards,
Alex