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Date:      Wed, 8 Mar 2017 13:55:14 -0800
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r314862 - head/sys/modules/qlxgbe
Message-ID:  <20170308215514.GQ1044@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <70fcdcf4-cfa5-2382-ea60-55ac1a91e06b@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201703071543.v27FhnoL024242@repo.freebsd.org> <20170307221733.GN1044@FreeBSD.org> <70fcdcf4-cfa5-2382-ea60-55ac1a91e06b@FreeBSD.org>

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On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 01:00:30AM +0200, Andriy Gapon wrote:
A> On 08/03/2017 00:17, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
A> > On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 03:43:49PM +0000, Andriy Gapon wrote:
A> > A> Author: avg
A> > A> Date: Tue Mar  7 15:43:49 2017
A> > A> New Revision: 314862
A> > A> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/314862
A> > A> 
A> > A> Log:
A> > A>   qlxgbe: add GCC_MS_EXTENSIONS to CFLAGS to make old base GCC happy
A> > A>   
A> > A>   The module uses unnamed structure and union fields and base GCC in
A> > A>   stable/10 doesn't like it.
A> > A>   I think that that is a C11 feature, so it is courteous of more modern
A> > A>   compilers to not complain about it when compiling in C99 mode.
A> > 
A> > There are a lot of code in kernel, that uses anonymous structs and unions.
A> > This feature is enabled globally. Why does this module need special treatment?
A> 
A> That's a good question and I don't have a good answer to it.
A> All I can say is that a GCC build of GENERIC and modules failed in that fashion
A> only for this module (in stable/10).
A> Maybe I described the problem incorrectly.  Then, a proper explanation is welcome.

In head this is fixed properly:

https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=278913

Can you please move your fix to stable/10 and revert it in head?

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.



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