On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 05:42 +0000, [email protected] wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> We have the following lines in include/SaHpi.h:
> 
> typedef unsigned char     SaHpiUint8T;
> typedef unsigned short    SaHpiUint16T;
> typedef unsigned int      SaHpiUint32T;
> typedef signed char       SaHpiInt8T;
> typedef signed short      SaHpiInt16T;
> typedef signed int        SaHpiInt32T;
> 
> Also I suspect there can be marshalling issues, i.e. when
> daemon on platform with sizeof(int) == 4 but library is not and vice versa.
> 
>    Anton Pak

The proposed fix might help compile OpenHpi on a 64-bit platform,
however I agree with the concerns from others that we will see run-time
issues. Running 32-bit binary and libraries on a 64-bit platform might
be an option.

-- Shuah


> 
> 
> > Hi Garrett,
> >
> > I was wondering about your addition of the cross_compiling test. If
> > there is OpenHPI code that may behave badly on a system where an int
> > isn't 4 bytes, I'm thinking that a warning should be issued even for a
> > cross compile to such an architecture as well. Like:
> >
> > if test "x$OH_SIZEOF_INT" != "x4"; then
> >     AC_MSG_WARN([
> > *** int is not 4 bytes, it is $OH_SIZEOF_INT bytes on this platform
> > *** undefined behavior may result from this.
> > ])
> > fi
> >
> > Will having a warning instead of an error cause problems for LTP when
> > cross compiling?
> >
> > Does anyone else in the OpenHPI community oppose changing this error to
> > a warning?
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Ric White
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 23:11 +0000, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>     Found this bug while trying to cross-compile with the
> >> openhpi-test-suite in LTP, and made the ERROR into WARN. Please fix
> >> this item as per the attached patch.
> >> Thanks,
> >> -Garrett
> >>
> >> PS Please CC my address in all correspondence w.r.t. this email thread.
> >>
> >> Summary:
> >>
> >> 1. int != 4 shouldn't be checked for while cross-compiling.
> >> 2. Warn instead of erroring out, because we have a _lot_ of 64-bit
> >> platforms that we test on which will be negatively impacted by this
> >> check.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Garrett Cooper <[email protected]>
> >>
> >> ---
> >> /nfs.mac/ltp-upgrade/contrib/ltp/src/testcases/open_hpi_testsuite//configure.ac.orig
> >>        2009-08-19
> >> 16:04:08.000000000 -0700
> >> +++
> >> /nfs.mac/ltp-upgrade/contrib/ltp/src/testcases/open_hpi_testsuite//configure.ac
> >>     2009-08-19
> >> 16:10:47.000000000 -0700
> >> @@ -44,14 +44,13 @@
> >>  AC_PROG_LN_S
> >>  AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
> >>
> >> -dnl die on int != 32bits.  This is too instrumental to our code right
> >> now.
> >> +dnl Warn when int != 32bits.  This is too instrumental to our code
> >> right now.
> >>  dnl AC_MSG_CHECKING(int is 4 bytes)
> >>  OH_SET_SIZES
> >> -if test "x$OH_SIZEOF_INT" != "x4"; then
> >> -    AC_MSG_ERROR([
> >> +if test x$cross_compiling != xyes && test "x$OH_SIZEOF_INT" != "x4";
> >> then
> >> +    AC_MSG_WARN([
> >>  *** int is not 4 bytes, it is $OH_SIZEOF_INT bytes on this platform
> >> -*** undefined behavior will result
> >> -*** please contact the openhpi development team to fix this
> >> +*** undefined behavior may result from this.
> >>  ])
> >>  fi
> >>
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