Re: m68k build failure

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:27:18 +0100 (CET)
Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> So the problem is in scripts/mod/file2alias.c, which gives a different
> sizeof(struct sdio_device_id) on the cross-compile host:
>   - sizeof(struct sdio_device_id) = 12 on ia32
>   - sizeof(struct sdio_device_id) = 10 on m68k
> 
> While file2alias.c has code to handle 32 vs. 64 bit correctly when
> cross-compiling, it doesn't handle alignment differences between host
> and target.
> 

Delightful. So what are the options here? Start packing the device table structs is the obvious quick fix. Declaring cross-compilation unsupported isn't really viable, and I guess determining padding differences is far from easy.

Rgds
Pierre

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