Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:43:27 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree (net tree related) | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:18:12 +1000
> Hi , > > After merging the final tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc > allyesconfig) failed like this: > > drivers/net/starfire.c: In function 'starfire_init': > drivers/net/starfire.c:2081: error: negative width in bit-field '<anonymous>' > > This is: > BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(dma_addr_t) != sizeof(netdrv_addr_t)); > in starfire_init(). > > Immediate cause is commit 56543af9563d91c1c5596a7980b416389bdea071 > ("starfire: use BUILD_BUG_ON for netdrv_addr_t").
I anticipated this and Fujita is working on a solution involving adding a CONFIG_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT that the starfire can check instead of that ugly CPP test.
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