linux-kernel - Re: m68k build failure

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Date:	Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:01:11 +0100
From:	Pierre Ossman <drzeus@...eus.cx>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Linux/m68k" <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: m68k build failure

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:27:18 +0100 (CET)
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> 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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