Compiling 2.6.12-rc1 or 2.6.12-rc1-mm1 for ppc64 with gcc4 fails with: In file included from include/asm/spinlock.h:20, from include/linux/spinlock.h:43, from include/linux/signal.h:5, from arch/ppc64/kernel/asm-offsets.c:17: include/asm/paca.h:25: error: array type has incomplete element type make[1]: *** [arch/ppc64/kernel/asm-offsets.s] Error 1 make: *** [arch/ppc64/kernel/asm-offsets.s] Error 2
This is an array-of-incomplete-type error. Fix: move array decl to after the struct decl. Signed-off-by: Mikael Pettersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-2.6.12-rc1/include/asm-ppc64/paca.h.~1~ 2005-03-02 19:24:19.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.12-rc1/include/asm-ppc64/paca.h 2005-03-21 15:29:26.000000000 +0100 @@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ #include <asm/iSeries/ItLpRegSave.h> #include <asm/mmu.h> -extern struct paca_struct paca[]; register struct paca_struct *local_paca asm("r13"); #define get_paca() local_paca @@ -115,4 +114,6 @@ struct paca_struct { #endif }; +extern struct paca_struct paca[]; + #endif /* _PPC64_PACA_H */ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/