* [PATCH] libertas: correct packing of rxpd structure
@ 2009-08-06 16:01 Dan Williams
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From: Dan Williams @ 2009-08-06 16:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: John Linville; +Cc: wireless, Bob Dunlop
From: Bob Dunlop <rdunlop@guralp.com>
Older Gcc compilers (3.4.5 tested) need additional hints in order to get
the packing of the rxpd structure (which contains a 16 bit union)
correct on the ARM processor.
struct txpd does not need these hints since it contains a 32 bit union
that packs naturally.
Signed-off-by: R.J.Dunlop <rdunlop@guralp.com>
Acked-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
---
diff -u linux-2.6.31-rc2/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/hostcmd.h{-orig,}
--- linux-2.6.31-rc2/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/hostcmd.h-orig 2009-07-04 18:58:48.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.31-rc2/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/hostcmd.h 2009-07-13 08:27:45.000000000 +0100
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
u8 bss_type;
/* BSS number */
u8 bss_num;
- } bss;
- } u;
+ } __attribute__ ((packed)) bss;
+ } __attribute__ ((packed)) u;
/* SNR */
u8 snr;
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