From: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>,
Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>,
Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Correct types for mod_devicetable.h (was: Re: m68k build failure)
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 18:08:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071209180818.55bf1443@poseidon.drzeus.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0712021219430.29349@anakin>
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On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 12:22:31 +0100 (CET)
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>
> I gave it a try:
> - Remove existing alignment attributes from some device_id types
> - Introduce kernel_* types with proper size and alignment for
> cross-compilation (sample <asm/kerneltypes.h> for m68k included)
> - Introduce BITS_PER_KERNEL_LONG, to make it clearer it applies to the target
>
> Apart from a cross-compile session for m68k, it's untested.
>
This still requires a bit of maintenance to set up a kerneltypes.h for every arch. It also means we have to be very careful that gcc's internal alignment settings matched the ones in our header.
Rgds
Pierre
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-09 17:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-28 6:07 m68k build failure Andrew Morton
2007-11-28 8:48 ` Pierre Ossman
2007-11-28 9:00 ` Andrew Morton
2007-11-28 9:28 ` Al Viro
2007-11-28 12:29 ` Pierre Ossman
2007-11-28 12:34 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2007-12-01 20:56 ` Pierre Ossman
2007-12-02 11:22 ` Correct types for mod_devicetable.h (was: Re: m68k build failure) Geert Uytterhoeven
2007-12-03 10:02 ` Rusty Russell
2007-12-08 21:58 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-12-09 6:43 ` Jon Masters
2007-12-09 17:10 ` Pierre Ossman
2007-12-12 1:34 ` Rusty Russell
2007-12-09 17:08 ` Pierre Ossman [this message]
2007-12-10 18:11 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-12-10 19:12 ` Pierre Ossman
2007-11-29 21:19 ` m68k build failure Andrew Morton
2007-11-30 17:55 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-28 9:24 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2007-11-28 9:27 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2007-11-28 10:01 ` Pierre Ossman
2007-11-28 10:07 ` Alan Cox
2007-11-28 10:23 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-11-28 9:58 ` Andreas Schwab
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