strict_strtoul is obsolete and should be replaced with kstrto* function as reported by checkpatch.pl. pInfo->CardNumber is a u8. This is why kstrtou8 should be used here. Signed-off-by: Kurt Kanzenbach <shifty91@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c index 809fa48..6292ce1 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c +++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c @@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ int init_ft1000_netdev(struct ft1000_device *ft1000dev) int i, ret_val; struct list_head *cur, *tmp; char card_nr[2]; - unsigned long gCardIndex = 0; + u8 gCardIndex = 0; DEBUG("Enter init_ft1000_netdev...\n"); @@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ int init_ft1000_netdev(struct ft1000_device *ft1000dev) if (strncmp(netdev->name, "eth", 3) == 0) { card_nr[0] = netdev->name[3]; card_nr[1] = '\0'; - ret_val = strict_strtoul(card_nr, 10, &gCardIndex); + ret_val = kstrtou8(card_nr, 10, &gCardIndex); if (ret_val) { printk(KERN_ERR "Can't parse netdev\n"); goto err_net; -- 1.7.10.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel