From: Kirill Smelkov compile fix: needs for 'u8' -- just look at struct alt_instr. My module includes as the first header, and as of 2.6.17 this leads to compilation errors. Signed-off-by: Kirill Smelkov Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- include/asm-i386/alternative.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff -puN include/asm-i386/alternative.h~x86-compile-fix-for-asm-i386-alternativesh include/asm-i386/alternative.h --- a/include/asm-i386/alternative.h~x86-compile-fix-for-asm-i386-alternativesh +++ a/include/asm-i386/alternative.h @@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ #include +#include + struct alt_instr { u8 *instr; /* original instruction */ u8 *replacement; _