netdev - Re: [PATCH]: Third (final?) release of Sun Neptune driver

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Message-Id: <20071005.174632.101859385.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:46:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Ariel.Hendel@....com, greg.onufer@....com,
	jeff@...zik.org, Ashley.Saulsbury@....com, Matheos.Worku@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Third (final?) release of Sun Neptune driver

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 17:28:01 -0700

> On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:04:28 -0700 (PDT)
> David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> 
> > From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
> > Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 08:43:17 -0700
> > 
> > > drivers/net/niu.c:203:2: error: bad constant expression
> > > drivers/net/niu.c:203:2: error: cannot size expression
> > > drivers/net/niu.c:4214:2: error: bad constant expression
> > > drivers/net/niu.c:4214:2: error: cannot size expression
> > 
> > I can't figure out what sparse doesn't like here.
> 
> Sparse doesn't like dynamically sized arrays, which is what BUILD_BUG_ON()
> expands into.  Not sure why it is hostile to dynamic arrays,
> probably just a Linus (or Viro) taste thing.

Ok, thanks for tracking it down Stephen.
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