On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 06:47:32AM -0700, Medve Emilian-EMMEDVE1 wrote:
> Are you suggesting we leave those warnings there until somebody decides
> to fix all the portability issues of this driver? My patch is a small
> and insignificant improvement and not the revolution you're asking for,
> but i
> -Original Message-
> From: Medve Emilian-EMMEDVE1
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 9:48 PM
> To: David Miller
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Li Yang-r58472;
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]; linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
> Subject: RE: [PATCH] [POWERPC] ucc_geth: Eliminate compile warn
Hello David,
> No piece of code in the kernel should live in a vacuum.
>
> In order to improve overall code quality, every piece of
> driver code should avoid assuming things about pointer
> sizes and things of this nature.
I'm afraid we might be talking about orthogonal issues here. I actively
From: "Medve Emilian-EMMEDVE1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:39:12 -0700
> For the current situation, 32-bit QE, 32-bit PowerPC, do you find
> the patch acceptable?
No piece of code in the kernel should live in a vacuum.
In order to improve overall code quality, every piece of
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Emil Medve wrote:
> drivers/net/ucc_geth.c: In function 'ucc_geth_startup':
> drivers/net/ucc_geth.c:2614: warning: assignment makes integer from pointer
> without a cast
> drivers/net/ucc_geth.c:2651: warning: assignment makes integer from pointer
> without a cast
>
> Signed-off-by: Emil Medve
Hello David
> It only kills the warning on 32-bit systems, the cast is wrong
> either way.
I'm not aware of the QE being present on any 64-bit PowerPC. However,
porting the entire driver to a 64-bit platform is an exercise in itself
as many other things would need tweaking the QE hardware itself
From: Emil Medve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:15:13 -0500
> drivers/net/ucc_geth.c: In function 'ucc_geth_startup':
> drivers/net/ucc_geth.c:2614: warning: assignment makes integer from pointer
> without a cast
> drivers/net/ucc_geth.c:2651: warning: assignment makes integer from
