Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:34:10 +0000 | | From | Russell King <> | | Subject | Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm |
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On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 11:24:44PM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote: > On Monday 18 February 2008 23:13:24 Russell King wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 11:08:56PM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote: > > > On Monday 18 February 2008 23:03:10 Gordon Farquharson wrote: > > > > The b43 driver in 2.6.25-rc[12] fails to build for arm on an x86_64 > > > > box using a cross-compiler: > > > > > > > > FATAL: drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43: sizeof(struct ssb_device_id)=6 is > > > > not a modulo of the size of section __mod_ssb_device_table=64. > > > > Fix definition of struct ssb_device_id in mod_devicetable.h > > > > > > Why does ARM have this special requirement and what is it about? > > > > Because ARM is a 32 bit architecture. > > Ehm, I didn't see this warning on any other architecture nor did we > have _any_ problem with it on any other architecture. > This code runs fine on x86_32, x86_64, powerpc and mips, at least.
Well, don't expect this driver to work until you fix your broken assumptions about alignment requirements.
-- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of:
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