[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > When i compiled the following program , (taken from > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/rtc.txt ) > > (See attached file: rtc2.c) > > it gave me the following error: > > [root@msatuts1 timer1]# gcc -s -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes rtc2.c -o rtc2 > In file included from rtc2.c:17: > /usr/include/linux/mc146818rtc.h:29: parse error before `rtc_lock' > /usr/include/linux/mc146818rtc.h:29: warning: data definition has no type or > storage class > rtc2.c:25: warning: return type of `main' is not `int' > [root@msatuts1 timer1]# > > Is this a bug?Can anyone tell me how to remove this parse error ? It works fine for me using a 2.2.16 kernel and egcs-2.91.66 (see below)... bash-2.04$ gcc -s -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes rtc2.c -o rtc2 rtc2.c:24: warning: return type of `main' is not `int' bash-2.04$ ./rtc2 RTC Driver Test Example. Counting 5 update (1/sec) interrupts from reading /dev/rtc: 1 2 3 4 5 Again, from using select(2) on /dev/rtc: 1 2 3 4 5 Current RTC date/time is 20-4-2001, 12:34:01. Alarm time now set to 12:34:06. Waiting 5 seconds for alarm... okay. Alarm rang. Periodic IRQ rate was 1024Hz. Counting 20 interrupts at: 2Hz: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 4Hz: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 8Hz: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 16Hz: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 32Hz: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 64Hz: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 *** Test complete *** Typing "cat /proc/interrupts" will show 131 more events on IRQ 8. bash-2.04$ Regards, Jesper Juhl [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/