Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: egcs/linux networking problem isolated | Date | Wed, 14 Apr 1999 18:12:56 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Alan Modra <alan@spri.levels.unisa.edu.au> said:
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> Of course, you still can use mix-n-match if you appropriately edit > include/asm/spinlock.h. That's what I've just done, and now a completely > egcs compiled kernel works ok. I wonder if somewhere in the linux kernel > build process, files are being preprocessed by gcc-2.7.2/cpp (/lib/cpp is > a link to gcc-2.7.2/cpp on my system), or if egcs has a problem with empty > structures in some circumstances.
It is gcc which has serious problems with initializers of empty structures under certain circumstances. I reported that way back, which lead to the current "gcc_is_buggy" field in many structures under gcc-2.7.2. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
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