linux-kernel - Re: Correct types for mod_devicetable.h (was: Re: m68k build failure)

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Date:	Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:11:12 +0100
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Pierre Ossman <drzeus@...eus.cx>
Cc:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Correct types for mod_devicetable.h (was: Re: m68k build
	failure)

On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 06:08:18PM +0100, Pierre Ossman wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 12:22:31 +0100 (CET)
> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I gave it a try:
> >   - Remove existing alignment attributes from some device_id types
> >   - Introduce kernel_* types with proper size and alignment for
> >     cross-compilation (sample <asm/kerneltypes.h> for m68k included)
> >   - Introduce BITS_PER_KERNEL_LONG, to make it clearer it applies to the target
> > 
> > Apart from a cross-compile session for m68k, it's untested.
> > 
> 
> This still requires a bit of maintenance to set up a kerneltypes.h for every arch.

Better doing this work once than fixing similar issues again and again.

> It also means we have to be very careful that gcc's internal alignment settings matched the ones in our header.

There's nothing "gcc internal" about struct alignment - remember that 
any change in struct alignment would change our userspace ABI.

> Rgds
> Pierre

cu
Adrian

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