Re: Gcc4 and Kernel build

[Ashok Sharma <aks6d@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- pushparaj vitekar <v_pushparaj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> 
> Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxx> wrote: 
>   Hi,
> 
> Le Thu, 4 May 2006 16:44:04 +0100 (BST),
> Ashok Sharma a écrit :
> 
> > The kernel version is 2.6.11.12 and Gcc version is
> > 4.0.0 the error is given below
> 
> >>AFAIK, kernels under 2.6.12 won't compile with
> gcc4.
> 



The reason is that GCC does not recognise some
obsolete code like the following 

 struct x y[]

it has to be replace with struct x *y 

in the  include/linux/i2c.h file 
 
 



>      Does any one know the reason gcc4 wont work?
>   
> Sincerly,
> 
> Thomas
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