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On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Randy Dees wrote:

> Thanks - but it won't compile for me.  

ok, the problem is that kfree() is now a macro, and the NCR driver tries
to take it's address ... 

this little patch should help:

--- 53c7,8xx.c.orig	Sat Dec  6 08:14:24 1997
+++ 53c7,8xx.c	Sat Dec  6 08:16:20 1997
@@ -3396,6 +3396,11 @@
     NCR53c7x0_write8(STEST3_REG_800, STEST3_800_TE);
 }
 
+static void private_kfree (void * addr)
+{
+	kfree(addr);
+}
+
 /*
  * Function static struct NCR53c7x0_cmd *allocate_cmd (Scsi_Cmnd *cmd)
  * 
@@ -3467,7 +3472,7 @@
 #ifdef LINUX_1_2
 	tmp->free = ((void (*)(void *, int)) kfree_s);
 #else
-	tmp->free = ((void (*)(void *, int)) kfree);
+	tmp->free = ((void (*)(void *, int)) private_kfree);
 #endif
 	save_flags (flags);
 	cli();