On Fri, 9 Sep 2016 13:55:45 +0200 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 04:59:53PM +0100, Nick Warne wrote: > > On Thu, 8 Sep 2016 08:29:37 +0200 > > Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 05:38:52PM +0100, Nick Warne wrote: > > > > Hi Daniel, > > > > > > > > kernel build 4.4.20 - I am still seeing this warning: > > > > > > > > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c: In function > > > > ‘intel_plane_obj_offset’: > > > > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c:2969:11: warning: cast to > > > > pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast] > > > > offset = (unsigned char *)vma->node.start; > > > > > > > > but according to here: > > > > > > > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/7897461/ > > > > > > > > this has been fixed up. Any reason why it hasn't in the latest > > > > 4.4.x longterm tree? > > > > > > What is the commit id that fixed this in Linus's tree? > > > > Took me a while to find it if this is it - a bit of a re-write in > > the whole file I think: > > > > https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/44eb0cb9620c6a53ec8e7073262e2af8079b727f > > > > Ick, messy. > > Why not just use 4.7? Why are you stuck at 4.4? I only recently moved over to 4.4 from 3.18.x as it's longterm support. I may try 4.7 over the weekend - or maybe even just use the patchwork diff on my own local builds. > And is this a real bug in 4.4 or just a build warning? No, it's not a bug (that I have found or seen, anyway), just GCC squinnying. Thanks for your help, and sorry for the noise. Nick -- Gosh that takes me back... or is it forward? That's the trouble with time travel, you never can tell." -- Doctor Who "Androids of Tara"
