On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 06:52:43PM -0500, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> > From: Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 15:31:57 -0800
> 
> > ChangeSet 1.1287, 2003/12/12 10:18:22-08:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 
> > [PATCH] USB: fix io_edgeport driver alignment issues.
> 
> > diff -Nru a/drivers/usb/serial/io_fw_boot.h b/drivers/usb/serial/io_fw_boot.h
> > --- a/drivers/usb/serial/io_fw_boot.h       Fri Dec 12 15:05:54 2003
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/io_fw_boot.h       Fri Dec 12 15:05:54 2003
> > @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
> >             unsigned short Addr;
> >             unsigned short Len;
> >             unsigned char  Data[0];
> > -   };
> > +   } __attribute__ ((packed));
> >  
> 
> This is bogus. What was the actual problem? Printouts on ia64?

The structures would not be packed properly on some arm platforms.
tchen can provide more information.

thanks,

greg k-h


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