Re: scripts/mod/file2alias.c cross compile problem

[Andreas Schwab]

"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> +#define FILLUP_LEN	7 /* dirty fix for i386 -> 64bit cross-compilation */
>>  
>>  struct acpi_device_id {
>>  	__u8 id[ACPI_ID_LEN];
>> +	__u8 dummy[FILLUP_LEN];
>>  	kernel_ulong_t driver_data;
>>  };
>
> What's so special about this structure that we get an error?

It's special because it's a device_id structure, and those structures
must come out identical using either the host or the target compiler.

Andreas.

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