On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de> wrote:
On 3/25/10 3:47 PM, Myles Watson wrote:
>>> On 3/24/10 11:02 PM, repository service wrote:
>>>
>>>> -extern unsigned char AmlCode[];
>>>> +extern const acpi_header_t AmlCode;
>>>>
>>> And we're positive, this always does the right thing with gcc?
>>>
>> I am told that AmlCode is defined as array of (unsigned) char in
>> some other file.  Declaring it as some other type here is not
>> valid C, and *will* break with GCC, with some options (-combine
>> or LTO at least) -- it will not compile.
>>
> The biggest worry for me is incorrect execution.  If it doesn't compile when
> it breaks, then that's a good thing.
>
Well, if it breaks with LTO, we should fix it right away... I'll try and
prepare something.
What do the IASL folks suggest?  Do they have a way of doing this "correctly"?

It seems like others must have this problem of needing to force a binary blob into a struct.

Thanks,
Myles