On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 9:57 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 11:04:24PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 4:41 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman > > <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 05:28:18PM +0300, Markuss Broks wrote: ... > > > > + unsigned long node; > > > > > > That should not be an unsigned long, but rather an 'int'. Something got > > > messed up, of_setup_earlycon() should be changed to reflect this before > > > propagating the error to other places in the kernel. > > > > It's a pointer, but what puzzles me, why it can't be declared as a such: > > > > struct device_node *node; > > > > ? > > It should not be a pointer, trace things backwards, it comes from a call > to of_setup_earlycon() from early_init_dt_scan_chosen_stdout() which has > offset declared as an int, and then does: > if (of_setup_earlycon(match, offset, options) == 0) > > So why would it be a node? This is a very good question. > > > And it's not really a "node" but an "offset", right? > > > > Seems no. > > Really? What am I missing here? It's me who is missing something here, thanks for your elaboration! After it it becomes clear that your first question should be addressed. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
