[PATCH 08/11] ARM: ixp4xx: fix {in,out}s{bwl} data types

Krzysztof Hałasa khalasa at piap.pl
Mon Feb 16 06:16:46 PST 2015


Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> writes:

> Most platforms use void pointer arguments in these functions, but
> ixp4xx does not, which triggers lots of warnings in device drivers like:
>
> net/ethernet/8390/ne2k-pci.c: In function 'ne2k_pci_get_8390_hdr':
> net/ethernet/8390/ne2k-pci.c:503:3: warning: passing argument 2 of 'insw' from incompatible pointer type
>    insw(NE_BASE + NE_DATAPORT, hdr, sizeof(struct e8390_pkt_hdr)>>1);
>    ^
> In file included from include/asm/io.h:214:0,
>                  from /git/arm-soc/include/linux/io.h:22,
>                  from /git/arm-soc/include/linux/pci.h:31,
>                  from net/ethernet/8390/ne2k-pci.c:48:
> mach-ixp4xx/include/mach/io.h:316:91: note: expected 'u16 *' but argument is of type 'struct e8390_pkt_hdr *'
>  static inline void insw(u32 io_addr, u16 *vaddr, u32 count)
>
> Fixing the drivers seems hopeless, so this changes the ixp4xx code
> to do the same as the others to avoid the warnings.

Acked-by: Krzysztof Halasa <khalasa at piap.pl>
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Krzysztof Halasa

Research Institute for Automation and Measurements PIAP
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