[yocto] Kernel modules fail to compile for ARM

[Khem Raj]

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Chris Tapp <opensource at keylevel.com> wrote:
> |   CC [M]  net/core/pktgen.o
> | /media/SSD-RAID/build-edison-pi/tmp/work/pi-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-yocto-3.0.18+git1+d386e09f316e03061c088d2b13a48605c20fb3a6_1+2bba211297d10047637b8f49abd2c5415480ce4d-r3/linux/net/core/pktgen.c: In function 'pktgen_if_show':
> | /media/SSD-RAID/build-edison-pi/tmp/work/pi-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-yocto-3.0.18+git1+d386e09f316e03061c088d2b13a48605c20fb3a6_1+2bba211297d10047637b8f49abd2c5415480ce4d-r3/linux/net/core/pktgen.c:682:2: error: can't find a register in class 'GENERAL_REGS' while reloading 'asm'
> | /media/SSD-RAID/build-edison-pi/tmp/work/pi-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-yocto-3.0.18+git1+d386e09f316e03061c088d2b13a48605c20fb3a6_1+2bba211297d10047637b8f49abd2c5415480ce4d-r3/linux/net/core/pktgen.c:682:2: error: can't find a register in class 'GENERAL_REGS' while reloading 'asm'
> | /media/SSD-RAID/build-edison-pi/tmp/work/pi-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-yocto-3.0.18+git1+d386e09f316e03061c088d2b13a48605c20fb3a6_1+2bba211297d10047637b8f49abd2c5415480ce4d-r3/linux/net/core/pktgen.c:682:2: error: 'asm' operand has impossible constraints
> | /media/SSD-RAID/build-edison-pi/tmp/work/pi-poky-linux-gnueabi/linux-yocto-3.0.18+git1+d386e09f316e03061c088d2b13a48605c20fb3a6_1+2bba211297d10047637b8f49abd2c5415480ce4d-r3/linux/net/core/pktgen.c:682:2: error: 'asm' operand has impossible constraints
> | make[4]: *** [net/core/pktgen.o] Error 1

interesting. This is gcc puking with some insane inline assembly. Can
you post preprocessed pktgen.c and cmdline arguments used to compile
it ?
and is it using gcc 4.7 or 4.6 ?