Re: [PATCH] gcc4 fix for sn_serial.c

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 11:32:39AM -0800, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> The sal_console and sal_console_uart structures have a circular relationship 
> since they both initialize member fields to pointers of one another.  The 
> current code forward declares sal_console_uart as extern so that sal_console 
> can take its address, but gcc4 complains about this since the real definition 
> of sal_console_uart is marked 'static'.  This patch just removes the static 
> qualifier from sal_console_uart to avoid the inconsistency.  Does it look ok 
> to you, Pat?
>...
> ===== drivers/serial/sn_console.c 1.12 vs edited =====
> --- 1.12/drivers/serial/sn_console.c	2005-03-07 20:41:31 -08:00
> +++ edited/drivers/serial/sn_console.c	2005-03-14 10:57:19 -08:00
> @@ -801,7 +801,7 @@
>  
>  #define SAL_CONSOLE	&sal_console
>  
> -static struct uart_driver sal_console_uart = {
> +struct uart_driver sal_console_uart = {
>  	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
>  	.driver_name = "sn_console",
>  	.dev_name = DEVICE_NAME,

Why can't you solve this without making sal_console_uart global?

cu
Adrian

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