Cannot compile a driver due to missing files in linux-source

[TomasHnyk]

Binary package hint: linux-source

I am using Feisty stable.
I tried to compile the new http://http//sourceforge.net/projects/sdricohcs/ driver in order to make my SD card reader work. Requirements according to the README
kernel-default >= 2.6.18
gcc
make
kernel-source
kernel-syms
I figured what I was needing was either linux-source or linux-headers, so I installed both (BTW:linux source was a tar file I had to manually untar, should I fill that as a specific bug?). When I tried to compile the driver, I got following error:
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/tom/Desktop/sdricohcs/sdricoh_cs modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-15-generic'
  CC [M] /home/tom/Desktop/sdricohcs/sdricoh_cs/sdricoh_cs.o
/home/tom/Desktop/sdricohcs/sdricoh_cs/sdricoh_cs.c:39:32: error: linux/mmc/protocol.h: No such file or directory
/home/tom/Desktop/sdricohcs/sdricoh_cs/sdricoh_cs.c: In function ‘sdricoh_reset’:
/home/tom/Desktop/sdricohcs/sdricoh_cs/sdricoh_cs.c:228: error: ‘MMC_GO_IDLE_STATE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/tom/Desktop/sdricohcs/sdricoh_cs/sdricoh_cs.c:228: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/home/tom/Desktop/sdricohcs/sdricoh_cs/sdricoh_cs.c:228: error: for each function it appears in.)
/home/tom/Desktop/sdricohcs/sdricoh_cs/sdricoh_cs.c:234: error: ‘MMC_APP_CMD’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/tom/Desktop/sdricohcs/sdricoh_cs/sdricoh_cs.c: In function ‘sdricoh_request’:
/home/tom/Desktop/sdricohcs/sdricoh_cs/sdricoh_cs.c:321: error: ‘SD_APP_SEND_SCR’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/tom/Desktop/sdricohcs/sdricoh_cs/sdricoh_cs.c:354: error: ‘MMC_SELECT_CARD’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/tom/Desktop/sdricohcs/sdricoh_cs/sdricoh_cs.c:355: error: ‘MMC_APP_CMD’ undeclared (first use in this function)
make[2]: *** [/home/tom/Desktop/sdricohcs/sdricoh_cs/sdricoh_cs.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/tom/Desktop/sdricohcs/sdricoh_cs] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-15-generic'
make: *** [default] Error 2

I indeed did not find linux/mmc/protocol.h anywhere on my system. I know that Ubuntu does not guarantee custom compiles of a kernel, but this is just a driver and I do not understand how the file got excluded. Anyway, I am afraid that file should be there.
Related ubuntuforums and linuxquestion threads:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2635598
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=552086
P.S.:this might be a bug in linux-headers as well.

[Ben Collins (ben-collins)]

It's not us, it's that upstream kernel does not guarantee stable API, so this driver might not be compatible with 2.6.20 kernels.

[TomasHnyk (sup)]

it is, it needs (according to the readme) 2.6.18 or higher. I do not understand how the file dropped out. However, I guess I can wait for Gutsy, there it should work out of the box, I hope.

[jevgtv (tugevus)]

I experience the same problem in 12.04

jevgtv@jevgtv-HP-Compaq-6910p ~ $ cd Downloads/
jevgtv@jevgtv-HP-Compaq-6910p ~/Downloads $ cd ricoh_xd_3/
jevgtv@jevgtv-HP-Compaq-6910p ~/Downloads/ricoh_xd_3 $ ./make && sudo make install && sudo make load
bash: ./make: No such file or directory
jevgtv@jevgtv-HP-Compaq-6910p ~/Downloads/ricoh_xd_3 $ make
make -C /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/build M=/home/jevgtv/Downloads/ricoh_xd_3
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-23-generic'
  LD /home/jevgtv/Downloads/ricoh_xd_3/nand/built-in.o
  CC [M] /home/jevgtv/Downloads/ricoh_xd_3/nand/nand_base.o
In file included from /home/jevgtv/Downloads/ricoh_xd_3/nand/nand_base.c:42:0:
/home/jevgtv/Downloads/ricoh_xd_3/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h:16:33: fatal error: linux/mtd/compatmac.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[3]: *** [/home/jevgtv/Downloads/ricoh_xd_3/nand/nand_base.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [/home/jevgtv/Downloads/ricoh_xd_3/nand] Error 2
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/jevgtv/Downloads/ricoh_xd_3] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-23-generic'
make: *** [build] Error 2
jevgtv@jevgtv-HP-Compaq-6910p ~/Downloads/ricoh_xd_3 $ ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
jevgtv@jevgtv-HP-Compaq-6910p ~/Downloads/ricoh_xd_3 $ ./make && sudo make install && sudo make load
bash: ./make: No such file or directory
jevgtv@jevgtv-HP-Compaq-6910p ~/Downloads/ricoh_xd_3 $ sudo !!
sudo ./make && sudo make install && sudo make load
[sudo] password for jevgtv:
sudo: ./make: command not found
jevgtv@jevgtv-HP-Compaq-6910p ~/Downloads/ricoh_xd_3 $ cd
jevgtv@jevgtv-HP-Compaq-6910p ~ $ cd Downloads/
jevgtv@jevgtv-HP-Compaq-6910p ~/Downloads $ cd sdricoh_cs-0.1.4/
jevgtv@jevgtv-HP-Compaq-6910p ~/Downloads/sdricoh_cs-0.1.4 $ make
make -C /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/jevgtv/Downloads/sdricoh_cs-0.1.4 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-23-generic'
  CC [M] /home/jevgtv/Downloads/sdricoh_cs-0.1.4/sdricoh_cs.o
/home/jevgtv/Downloads/sdricoh_cs-0.1.4/sdricoh_cs.c:34:29: fatal error: pcmcia/cs_types.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [/home/jevgtv/Downloads/sdricoh_cs-0.1.4/sdricoh_cs.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/jevgtv/Downloads/sdricoh_cs-0.1.4] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-23-generic'
make: *** [default] Error 2
jevgtv@jevgtv-HP-Compaq-6910p ~/Downloads/sdricoh_cs-0.1.4 $ make install
if test ! -d /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/kernel/drivers/mmc ; then mkdir -p /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/kernel/drivers/mmc ; fi
install -D -m 644 *.ko /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/kernel/drivers/mmc
install: cannot stat `*.ko': No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1
jevgtv@jevgtv-HP-Compaq-6910p ~/Downloads/sdricoh_cs-0.1.4 $ sudo modprobe sdricoh_cs
jevgtv@jevgtv-HP-Compaq-6910p ~/Downloads/sdricoh_cs-0.1.4 $ lsmod | grep ricohsdricoh_cs 12953 0
pcmcia 39791 2 sdricoh_cs,pata_pcmcia
jevgtv@jevgtv-HP-Compaq-6910p ~/Downloads/sdricoh_cs-0.1.4 $ lspci | grep Ricoh
02:06.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b9)
02:06.1 CardBus bri...