Error compiling branch 4.1.8-9499

[nikosft]

I receive the following error:

/home/fotiou/Programs/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c:4839:41: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
  struct ieee80211_channel *chan = params->chan;
                                         ^
/home/fotiou/Programs/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c:4840:24: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
  const u8 *buf = params->buf;
                        ^
/home/fotiou/Programs/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c:4841:21: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
  size_t len = params->len;
                     ^
/home/fotiou/Programs/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c: At top level:
/home/fotiou/Programs/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c:5363:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
  .mgmt_tx = cfg80211_rtw_mgmt_tx,
  ^
/home/fotiou/Programs/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c:5363:2: warning: (near initialization for ‘rtw_cfg80211_ops.mgmt_tx’) [enabled by default]
make[2]: *** [/home/fotiou/Programs/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/fotiou/Programs/rtl8188eu] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-43-generic'
make: *** [modules] Error 2

uname -a

Linux netbook-linux 3.13.0-43-generic #72-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 8 19:35:44 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

[lwfinger]

When I compiled against kernel 3.13, I got one harmless warning that I fixed. I did not get any errors.

Ubuntu has been backporting changes in the API so that one cannot determine the necessary calls from the kernel version alone, the way you can from every other distro. I suspect this is what is happening here. The last instance of such improper API changes took me several hours to determine what was wrong. Sorry, but I will not do that again. Complain to Ubuntu.

[nikosft]

is this true for any debian-based distribution or just specific to ubuntu (I am using Mint)? I can live with another distribution.