linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Tree for December 29 (fcoe)

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Message-Id: <1230586520.3302.61.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:35:20 -0600
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for December 29 (fcoe)

On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 12:31 -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:16:21 +1100 Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Changes since 20081219:
> > 
> > Undropped tree:
> > 	scci
> > 	mtd
> > 
> > Dropped trees (temporarily):
> > 	nfs (akpm request due to 2.6.30 features)
> > 	kvm (build problem)
> > 	rr (build poblem)
> > 	semaphore-removal (due to unfixed conflicts against Linus' tree)
> > 	cpu_alloc (build problem)
> > 	audit (difficult conflicts)
> > 
> > Linus' tree had three build failures requiring patches and one requiring
> > a revert.
> 
> 
> linux-next-20081229/drivers/scsi/fcoe/libfcoe.c:995: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> linux-next-20081229/drivers/scsi/fcoe/libfcoe.c:1015: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> 
> (on netdev->name ?)

This looks a bit odd.  libfcoe.h #includes linux/netdevice.h which
defines the structure ... I can't see how netdev could have an
incomplete type.  Could you make libfcoe.i and see what's happening?

Thanks,

James


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