Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755137Ab2FPPns (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:43:48 -0400 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:51603 "EHLO mail-out.m-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752849Ab2FPPnp (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:43:45 -0400 From: Andreas Schwab To: =?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B8rn?= Mork Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Geert Uytterhoeven , USB list , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linux-Next , linux-kbuild , Linux/m68k Subject: Re: [-next] FATAL: drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl: sizeof(struct usb_device_id)=24 is not a modulo of the size of section __mod_usb_device_table=44. References: <20120615201021.GB14544@kroah.com> <20120615231220.GC8205@kroah.com> <87lijns84s.fsf@nemi.mork.no> X-Yow: .. I don't know why but, suddenly, I want to discuss declining I.Q. LEVELS with a blue ribbon SENATE SUB-COMMITTEE! Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:43:40 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87lijns84s.fsf@nemi.mork.no> (=?utf-8?Q?=22Bj=C3=B8rn?= Mork"'s message of "Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:23:31 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1041 Lines: 28 Bjørn Mork writes: > AFAIK (which admittedly is not much wrt cross building) there is no way > we can make the host built file2alias know the proper aligment for the > structure in the target built modules. That's the background for this > fix: > > commit 4ce6efed48d736e3384c39ff87bda723e1f8e041 > Author: Sam Ravnborg > Date: Sun Mar 23 21:38:54 2008 +0100 > > kbuild: soften modpost checks when doing cross builds This is not a fix in any sense of the word. modpost can only work properly if its view of the device_id structures matches *exactly* that of the target. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/