Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 09:02:41 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: Matt Rowley <matt@arin.net> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 and Adaptec raidutils (again) Message-ID: <41C30321.5060209@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20041217081458.GB10368@dan.emsphone.com> References: <A6125B2CFEDE2BEDF10D9FA6@elric.arin.net> <20041211004038.GC50516@dragon.nuxi.com> <11A4B937C9C745F2DD5B75EC@elric.arin.net> <20041217081458.GB10368@dan.emsphone.com>
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Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Dec 16), Matt Rowley said: > >>>In order for the asr(4) utilities to work under FreeBSD 5.x someone >>>just needs to convert the ports/sysutils/asr-utils port I made to >>>build from sources as a first step -- patch submission welcomed. >> >>Incidentally, the source code won't build under FreeBSD 5.3. >>It barfs out with: >>scsi_obj.cpp:424: error: cannot bind packed field >>`basic_P->dptBasic_S::attachedTo' to `uLONG& >> >>I believe that "cannot bind packed field" stuff is a restriction introduced >>in gcc 3.4.2, yes? > > > Yes; you can work around it by declaring a temp variable, assigning it > the value of attachedTo, making whatever modification is necessary, > then assigning attachedTo=temp. Do this every time you get that error. > You /might/ also be able to just remove the PACKed attribute from the > attachedTo field, but that will cause havoc if the struct is supposed > to line up with something generated by the card. > I'd highly recommend against removing the packed attribute. Scott
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