Retried with standard kernel and no patches and the same results from stock kernel. Did you up the GCC version to build as that would explain a few things as my kernel runs on a Slackware 11 base.

I looked into these error messages and I do not know my you get them. On our test build with kernel 2.6.27.62 we haven't seen such an error, but this was done with gcc-4.7.3.

Is it correct that you have a 2.6.27.57 kernel? What gcc version are you using?

For the first error in bitmap.h:145:

bitmap.h:
#include <linux/bitops.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
...
int len = BITS_TO_LONGS(nbits) * sizeof(unsigned long);

bitops.h
#define BITS_TO_LONGS(nr)	DIV_ROUND_UP(nr, BITS_PER_BYTE * sizeof(long))

kernel.h:
#define DIV_ROUND_UP(n,d) (((n) + (d) - 1) / (d))


You kernel.h is modified for me the include for types.h is in line 3, in your error message it is in line 13.

Please post the first 25 lines of your kernel.h

You haven't installed the Module.symvers which is needed, this is probably provided by some kernel development package.

#ifndef _LINUX_KERNEL_H
#define _LINUX_KERNEL_H

/*
 * 'kernel.h' contains some often-used function prototypes etc
 */

#ifdef __KERNEL__

#include <stdarg.h>
#include <linux/linkage.h>
#include <linux/stddef.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/compiler.h>
#include <linux/bitops.h>
#include <linux/log2.h>
#include <linux/typecheck.h>
#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
#include <asm/byteorder.h>
#include <asm/bug.h>

extern const char linux_banner[];
extern const char linux_proc_banner[];

#define USHORT_MAX	((u16)(~0U))

I am so sorry I read quickly before I had to go out of town. I am using GCC 3.4.6 on standard Slackware 11 base.

Please try backports-20131122-2, it could have fixed your problem.

Well I still get an error. I am attaching the whole terminal output so you guys can see all of it.

supergamer://home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2
root:# make menuconfig
Generating local configuration database from kernel ... done.
cc -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -DLOCALE   -c -o mconf.o mconf.c
cc -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -DLOCALE   -c -o zconf.tab.o zconf.tab.c
menu.c: In function `get_symbol_str':
menu.c:515: warning: 'jump' might be used uninitialized in this function
cc -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -DLOCALE   -c -o lxdialog/checklist.o lxdialog/checklist.ccc -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -DLOCALE   -c -o lxdialog/inputbox.o lxdialog/inputbox.c
cc -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -DLOCALE   -c -o lxdialog/menubox.o lxdialog/menubox.c
cc -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -DLOCALE   -c -o lxdialog/textbox.o lxdialog/textbox.c
cc -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -DLOCALE   -c -o lxdialog/util.o lxdialog/util.c
cc -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -DLOCALE   -c -o lxdialog/yesno.o lxdialog/yesno.c
cc -Wl,--no-as-needed -lncursesw  mconf.o zconf.tab.o lxdialog/checklist.o lxdialog/inputbox.o lxdialog/menubox.o lxdialog/textbox.o lxdialog/util.o lxdialog/yesno.o   -o mconf


*** End of the configuration.
*** Execute 'make' to start the build or try 'make help'.

supergamer://home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2
root:# make
cc -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer   -c -o conf.o conf.c
cc   conf.o zconf.tab.o   -o conf
#
# configuration written to .config
#
Building backport-include/backport/autoconf.h ... done.

  WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.57/Module.symvers
           is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions.

  CC [M]  /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/compat/main.o
  CC [M]  /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/compat/compat-2.6.28.o
  CC [M]  /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/compat/compat-2.6.29.o
  CC [M]  /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/compat/compat-2.6.32.o
  CC [M]  /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/compat/compat-2.6.33.o
  CC [M]  /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/compat/compat-2.6.34.o
  CC [M]  /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/compat/compat-2.6.35.o
  CC [M]  /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/compat/compat-2.6.36.o
  CC [M]  /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/compat/compat-2.6.37.o
  CC [M]  /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/compat/compat-2.6.39.o
  CC [M]  /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/compat/kstrtox.o
In file included from include/linux/cpumask.h:139,
                 from include/asm/processor.h:25,
                 from include/asm/atomic_32.h:5,
                 from include/asm/atomic.h:2,
                 from /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/backport-include/asm/atomic.h:3,
                 from /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/backport-include/linux/types.h:37,
                 from include/linux/kernel.h:13,
                 from /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/backport-include/linux/kernel.h:3,
                 from /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/compat/kstrtox.c:14:
include/linux/bitmap.h: In function `bitmap_zero':
include/linux/bitmap.h:145: error: implicit declaration of function `DIV_ROUND_UP'
In file included from include/asm/processor.h:25,
                 from include/asm/atomic_32.h:5,
                 from include/asm/atomic.h:2,
                 from /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/backport-include/asm/atomic.h:3,
                 from /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/backport-include/linux/types.h:37,
                 from include/linux/kernel.h:13,
                 from /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/backport-include/linux/kernel.h:3,
                 from /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/compat/kstrtox.c:14:
include/linux/cpumask.h: At top level:
include/linux/cpumask.h:141: error: variable-size type declared outside of any function
include/linux/cpumask.h:276: error: variable-size type declared outside of any function
In file included from include/asm/atomic_32.h:5,
                 from include/asm/atomic.h:2,
                 from /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/backport-include/asm/atomic.h:3,
                 from /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/backport-include/linux/types.h:37,
                 from include/linux/kernel.h:13,
                 from /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/backport-include/linux/kernel.h:3,
                 from /home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/compat/kstrtox.c:14:
include/asm/processor.h: In function `native_get_debugreg':
include/asm/processor.h:443: error: implicit declaration of function `BUG'
make[6]: *** [/home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/compat/kstrtox.o] Error 1
make[5]: *** [/home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2/compat] Error 2
make[4]: *** [_module_/home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2] Error 2
make[3]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[2]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make: *** [default] Error 2
supergamer://home/supervl/Desktop/backports-20131122-2
root:#

Is this bug still open on newest rc kernel , if not can we close it now.
Nick

Well if you consider that the backports will not build on gcc 3.4.6 acceptable then I guess it is. I am still wondering why you would build backports to only work with newer gcc versions which in my opinion defeats the goal of backports, but like I am saying if you feel the need to close this then go ahead.

closing bugs changed >1year ago as obsolete