Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm

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From: Russell King <rmk+lkml@...>

To: Michael Buesch <mb@...>

Cc: Gordon Farquharson <gordonfarquharson@...>, <linux-kernel@...>, <linville@...>, <stefano.brivio@...>

Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm

Date: Monday, February 18, 2008 - 6:13 pm

On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 11:08:56PM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote:
quoted text> On Monday 18 February 2008 23:03:10 Gordon Farquharson wrote:
> > The b43 driver in 2.6.25-rc[12] fails to build for arm on an x86_64
> > box using a cross-compiler:
> > 
> > FATAL: drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43: sizeof(struct ssb_device_id)=6 is
> > not a modulo of the size of section __mod_ssb_device_table=64.
> > Fix definition of struct ssb_device_id in mod_devicetable.h
> 
> Why does ARM have this special requirement and what is it about?

Because ARM is a 32 bit architecture.

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[RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Gordon Farquharson, (Mon Feb 18, 6:03 pm)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Michael Buesch, (Mon Feb 18, 6:08 pm)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Russell King, (Mon Feb 18, 6:13 pm)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Michael Buesch, (Mon Feb 18, 6:24 pm)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Russell King, (Mon Feb 18, 6:34 pm)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Michael Buesch, (Mon Feb 18, 6:43 pm)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Russell King, (Mon Feb 18, 6:53 pm)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Michael Buesch, (Mon Feb 18, 7:04 pm)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Geert Uytterhoeven, (Tue Feb 19, 4:37 am)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Michael Buesch, (Tue Feb 19, 6:34 am)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Russell King, (Mon Feb 18, 7:00 pm)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Michael Buesch, (Mon Feb 18, 7:17 pm)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Sam Ravnborg, (Mon Feb 18, 7:42 pm)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Michael Buesch, (Mon Feb 18, 8:01 pm)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Sam Ravnborg, (Tue Feb 19, 1:32 am)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Gordon Farquharson, (Tue Feb 19, 12:59 am)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Michael Buesch, (Tue Feb 19, 6:41 am)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Gordon Farquharson, (Tue Feb 19, 8:44 pm)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Michael Buesch, (Wed Feb 20, 10:44 am)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Sam Ravnborg, (Wed Feb 20, 3:37 pm)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Ben Dooks, (Tue Feb 26, 10:37 am)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Gordon Farquharson, (Tue Feb 26, 12:12 pm)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Gordon Farquharson, (Fri Feb 22, 12:24 am)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Michael Buesch, (Fri Feb 22, 10:07 am)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Gordon Farquharson, (Sat Feb 23, 12:34 am)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Michael Buesch, (Sat Feb 23, 1:51 am)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Gordon Farquharson, (Sat Feb 23, 6:14 am)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Michael Buesch, (Sat Feb 23, 11:58 am)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Gordon Farquharson, (Fri Feb 22, 8:08 am)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Harvey Harrison, (Mon Feb 18, 6:50 pm)

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm, Michael Buesch, (Mon Feb 18, 6:56 pm)

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