can't compile kernels lately (2.6.16.5 and up)

["Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz" <gryzman@gmail.com>]

root@puppet:/usr/src/linux-2.6.16.11# make
  CHK     include/linux/version.h
  HOSTCC  scripts/mod/file2alias.o
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:386: warning: 'struct input_device_id'
declared inside parameter list
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:386: warning: its scope is only this
definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want
scripts/mod/file2alias.c: In function 'do_input_entry':
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:390: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:390: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:390: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:390: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:390: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:391: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:391: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:391: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:391: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:391: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:392: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:392: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:392: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:392: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:392: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:394: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:394: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:394: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:394: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:394: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:398: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:399: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:401: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:402: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:404: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:405: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:407: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:408: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:410: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:411: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:413: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:414: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:416: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:417: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:419: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:420: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:422: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:423: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
scripts/mod/file2alias.c: In function 'handle_moddevtable':
scripts/mod/file2alias.c:515: error: invalid application of 'sizeof'
to incomplete type 'struct input_device_id'
make[2]: *** [scripts/mod/file2alias.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [scripts/mod] Error 2
make: *** [scripts] Error 2


any hints ? I can see that file2alias.c is using kernel-only includes,
there might be something missing to make it work (this is a hack, and
you know it :P)
--
GJ
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