When compiling Xen on PPC today I get the following error that is being caused by casting (u32 *). Once the cast is removed all is well and things compile fine. Is this happening on x86 or x86-64 ? I'm using gcc 4.1.0 on Suse SLES 10.
There Error: grant_table.c: In function ‘gnttab_prepare_for_transfer’: grant_table.c:825: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules grant_table.c: In function ‘__acquire_grant_for_copy’: grant_table.c:1055: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules grant_table.c:1080: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules grant_table.c:1080: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules grant_table.c:1080: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules grant_table.c:1080: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules grant_table.c:1080: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules make[3]: *** [grant_table.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/Work/xen-unstable.hg/xen/common' make[2]: *** [/Work/xen-unstable.hg/xen/common/built_in.o] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/Work/xen-unstable.hg/xen/arch/powerpc' make[1]: *** [/Work/xen-unstable.hg/xen/xen] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/Work/xen-unstable.hg/xen' make: *** [build] Error 2 _______________________________________________ Xen-ppc-devel mailing list Xen-ppc-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-ppc-devel
