From: Chris Dearman <chris@mips.com>
To: Doug Kehn <rdkehn@yahoo.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: Kernel compiler error : flexible array member not at end of struct
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 10:40:10 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FA7820A.2010701@mips.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031104054130.12392.qmail@web12008.mail.yahoo.com>
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Doug Kehn wrote:
> I am using gcc version 2.96-mips3264-000710 (from
> sdelinux-5.01-4eb.i386.rpm). The kernel is,
> obviously, 2.4.21 (from linux-mips.org). uclibc is
> version 0.9.21.
>
> I have seen one or two other posting related to this
> same error. However, I was unable to find any
> suggested resoltions. Does anyone know of a solution
> to this compile error?
There is an updated version of the compiler that handles zero-length
arrays in structures correctly. See
ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/tools/software/sde-for-linux/
Alternatively you could apply the attached patch
Chris
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Index: md_p.h
===================================================================
RCS file: linux-2.4.18/include/linux/raid/md_p.h,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- md_p.h 4 Mar 2002 11:13:33 -0000 1.1
+++ md_p.h 8 Nov 2002 13:09:02 -0000 1.2
@@ -151,10 +151,12 @@
*/
mdp_disk_t disks[MD_SB_DISKS];
+#if MD_SB_RESERVED_WORDS
/*
* Reserved
*/
__u32 reserved[MD_SB_RESERVED_WORDS];
+#endif
/*
* Active descriptor
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2003-11-04 5:41 Kernel compiler error : flexible array member not at end of struct Doug Kehn
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