Kernelpatch: multi line string problem in 2.5.14 with gcc3.x

Kernelpatch: multi line string problem in 2.5.14 with gcc3.x

[J. Albers]

Hi,

this patches fix problems with multi line stings in 2.5.14 /w gcc 3.x

Best regards,
 Jens Albers

==========  Begin #1 ==========
--- aic7xxx_linux.c_2.5.14      Wed May  8 08:00:27 2002
+++ aic7xxx_linux.c     Wed May  8 08:01:24 2002
@@ -398,26 +398,26 @@
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 #endif
 MODULE_PARM(aic7xxx, "s");
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(aic7xxx, "period delimited, options string.
-       verbose                 Enable verbose/diagnostic logging
-       no_probe                Disable EISA/VLB controller probing
-       no_reset                Supress initial bus resets
-       extended                Enable extended geometry on all controllers
-       periodic_otag           Send an ordered tagged transaction 
periodically
-                               to prevent tag starvation.  This may be
-                               required by some older disk drives/RAID 
arrays.
-       reverse_scan            Sort PCI devices highest Bus/Slot to lowest
-       tag_info:<tag_str>      Set per-target tag depth
-       seltime:<int>           Selection 
Timeout(0/256ms,1/128ms,2/64ms,3/32ms)
-
-       Sample /etc/modules.conf line:
-               Enable verbose logging
-               Disable EISA/VLB probing
-               Set tag depth on Controller 2/Target 2 to 10 tags
-               Shorten the selection timeout to 128ms from its default of 256
-
-       options 
aic7xxx='\"verbose.no_probe.tag_info:{{}.{}.{..10}}.seltime:1\"'
-");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(aic7xxx, "period delimited, options string."
+"      verbose                 Enable verbose/diagnostic logging"
+"      no_probe                Disable EISA/VLB controller probing"
+"      no_reset                Supress initial bus resets"
+"      extended                Enable extended geometry on all controllers"
+"      periodic_otag           Send an ordered tagged transaction 
periodically"
+"                              to prevent tag starvation.  This may be"
+"                              required by some older disk drives/RAID 
arrays."
+"      reverse_scan            Sort PCI devices highest Bus/Slot to lowest"
+"      tag_info:<tag_str>      Set per-target tag depth"
+"      seltime:<int>           Selection 
Timeout(0/256ms,1/128ms,2/64ms,3/32ms)"
+""
+"      Sample /etc/modules.conf line:"
+"              Enable verbose logging"
+"              Disable EISA/VLB probing"
+"              Set tag depth on Controller 2/Target 2 to 10 tags"
+"              Shorten the selection timeout to 128ms from its default of 
256"
+""
+"      options 
aic7xxx='\"verbose.no_probe.tag_info:{{}.{}.{..10}}.seltime:1\"'"
+);
 #endif

 static void ahc_linux_handle_scsi_status(struct ahc_softc *,
==========  End #1 ==========

==========  Begin #2 ==========
--- i2c-core.c_2.5.14   Wed May  8 08:31:40 2002
+++ i2c-core.c  Wed May  8 08:32:43 2002
@@ -381,10 +381,10 @@
                                                printk("i2c-core.o: while "
                                                       "unregistering driver "
                                                       "`%s', the client at "
-                                                      "address %02x of
-                                                      adapter `%s' could not
-                                                      be detached; driver
-                                                      not unloaded!",
+                                                      "address %02x of "
+                                                      "adapter `%s' could not 
"
+                                                      "be detached; driver "
+                                                      "not unloaded!",
                                                       driver->name,
                                                       client->addr,
                                                       adap->name);
==========  Begin #2 ==========

Re: Kernelpatch: multi line string problem in 2.5.14 with gcc3.x

[Andreas Dilger]

On May 08, 2002  08:45 -0700, J. Albers wrote:
> this patches fix problems with multi line stings in 2.5.14 /w gcc 3.x

Two things:
1) your mail program is wrapping long lines
2) you need to add explicit linefeeds if you are concatenating the long
   strings (i.e. "options string.\n" "   verbose ..."

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/
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