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

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Date:	Sun, 9 Dec 2007 18:10:40 +0100
From:	Pierre Ossman <drzeus@...eus.cx>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	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>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>
Subject: Re: Correct types for mod_devicetable.h (was: Re: m68k build
 failure)

On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 22:58:11 +0100
Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 09:02:19PM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > So, just insert two bits of padding in sdio_device_id and insert a comment 
> > saying "/* Explicit padding: works even if we're cross-compiling */".
> 
> We had one such problem in 2.6.23 and now we had a similar one in 2.6.24.
> 
> Getting the alignment issues automatically right would really be an 
> improvement...
> 

Agreed. I won't veto a quick and dirty fix, but I would prefer if this could be solved properly.

Rgds
Pierre

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