Bug 84780 – linux26-headers break when compiling xorg-x11-6.8.2 with gcc-4.0

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Jonathan Briggs 2005-03-10 12:57:39 UTC]

I had to edit /usr/include/asm-x86_64/processor.h to fix a compile error about unknown array element sizes.

processor.h declares an extern array of struct tss_struct before it actually defines struct tss_struct.

I moved these two lines to the end of the file (before the last #endif):
extern struct cpuinfo_x86 boot_cpu_data;
extern struct tss_struct init_tss[NR_CPUS];

There was no real reason to move boot_cpu_data but it was there.

Reproducible: Always
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[Comment 1 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2005-04-23 04:55:03 UTC]

Could you paste the compiler error messages please?

[Comment 2 Jonathan Briggs 2005-04-23 20:23:52 UTC]

It is quite a lengthy process.  I would have to rebuild the headers because I edited them, then rebuild Xorg.

Did you try it?

[Comment 3 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2005-04-24 07:11:28 UTC]

No, as I don't have any AMD64 hardware, hence the request for compiler error messages :)

[Comment 4 Daniel Gryniewicz (RETIRED) 2005-05-04 12:46:46 UTC]

This happened to me, but I synced and re-emerged linux-headers, and it works fine now.  The problem has been fixed (verified against an old verison of linux-headers I had lying around).

[Comment 5 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2005-05-04 13:18:34 UTC]

Closing as fixed, so please try syncing and remerging linux-headers.