Generic patching instruction to fix inline bugs with gcc-3.4?

Generic patching instruction to fix inline bugs with gcc-3.4?

[Ralf Hildebrandt]

Is there a generic approach to fix issues like this that happen when
trying to build with gcc-3.4:

> With gcc-3.4 I get:
> 
> make[1]: Entering directory /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-rc1-mm1'
> make[2]: arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s' is up to date.
>   CHK     include/linux/compile.h
>     CC      drivers/net/8139too.o
>     drivers/net/8139too.c: In function rtl8139_open':
>     drivers/net/8139too.c:616: sorry, unimplemented: inlining failed
> in call to 'rtl8139_start_thread': function body not available
> drivers/net/8139too.c:1362: sorry, unimplemented: called from here
> make[3]: *** [drivers/net/8139too.o] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [drivers/net] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [drivers] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-rc1-mm1'
> make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2

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Re: Generic patching instruction to fix inline bugs with gcc-3.4?

[Marc-Christian Petersen]

On Friday 16 July 2004 15:34, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:

> Is there a generic approach to fix issues like this that happen when
> trying to build with gcc-3.4:

Search lkml archives. Adrian posted tons of fixes for build problems like this 
the last few days.

> > With gcc-3.4 I get:
> >
> > make[1]: Entering directory /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-rc1-mm1'
> > make[2]: arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s' is up to date.
> >   CHK     include/linux/compile.h
> >     CC      drivers/net/8139too.o
> >     drivers/net/8139too.c: In function rtl8139_open':
> >     drivers/net/8139too.c:616: sorry, unimplemented: inlining failed
> > in call to 'rtl8139_start_thread': function body not available
> > drivers/net/8139too.c:1362: sorry, unimplemented: called from here
> > make[3]: *** [drivers/net/8139too.o] Error 1
> > make[2]: *** [drivers/net] Error 2
> > make[1]: *** [drivers] Error 2
> > make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-rc1-mm1'
> > make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2

ciao, Marc