Bug#330520: kernel-headers-2.6.8-2: include/asm-i386/processor.h has a problem
[Adding the bug back onto the CC list]
On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 19:04 +0200, Rainer Birkenmaier wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 29.09.2005, 09:01 -0600 schrieb dann frazier:
> > On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 13:04 +0200, Rainer Birkenmaier wrote:
> > > I don't think it's a gcc-version problem, but I can't really say since I
> > > haven't tried ... but still ... I wonder how this kernel compiled in the
> > > first place.
> > > It's simply that "struct tss_struct" is defined (in line 360) after its
> > > first usage (which is in line 87). My patch just moves its definition to
> > > the front.
> >
> > Can you reproduce with the referenced patch (the one that forces the
> > compiler version to gcc-3.3)?
>
> I can't reproduce the bug with that patch. So gcc-3.3 is actually
> working ... must be gcc-4.x being more strict on some things than
> gcc-3.x, but I still think it's strange ... but then again: Who am I to
> tell ;-)
>
> Thanks for your help
> .Rainer
>
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