On Saturday 11 August 2012 11:59:51 Fengguang Wu wrote: > On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 11:49:47AM +0200, Christian Lamparter wrote: > > On Saturday 11 August 2012 10:44:04 Fengguang Wu wrote: > > > Hi Christian, > > > > > > FYI, there are new compile warnings show up in > > > > Thanks for telling me. Are these "normal" gcc's warnings > > for PPC? Because the usual C=2 CF=-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ > > doesn't show anything (on a x86 no cross-compile). > > Yes, I don't use any special flags. > > > > tree: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-testing.git master > > > head: 0eba6e668abe4e0760d9d5e20921cc6000a77a85 > > > commit: 9bc63816be9bf504414d350e605a4b30f857907d [68/100] p54: parse output power table > > > config: powerpc-allmodconfig (attached as .config) > > > > > > All error/warnings: > > > > > > drivers/net/wireless/p54/eeprom.c: In function 'p54_get_maxpower': > > > drivers/net/wireless/p54/eeprom.c:291:15: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast [enabled by default] > > > drivers/net/wireless/p54/eeprom.c:292:15: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast [enabled by default] > > > drivers/net/wireless/p54/eeprom.c:293:15: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast [enabled by default] > > > drivers/net/wireless/p54/eeprom.c:294:15: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast [enabled by default] > > > > interesting, rawpower is declared as u16. > > whereas le16_to_cpu returns a __u16. > > (is that all, or is there something I don't see?) > > > > Anyway, since you are currently the only person > > I know, would you mind telling me if either (or > > both?) of those patches has/have an effect? > > > > patch 1: make rawpower __u16 > > Thanks for the quick fix! It works (build log follows). > > wfg@bee ~/tip/obj-compiletest% make drivers/net/wireless/p54/ > /usr/bin/make -j40 -C source O=/home/wfg/tip/obj-compiletest ARCH=powerpc > CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/local/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/powerpc64-linux/bin/powerpc64-linux- -j32 > drivers/net/wireless/p54/ OT: why is there a "-j40" (after make) and "-j32" (after CROSS_COMPILE) in the command line? Isn't one -jXY enough anymore? > CC [M] drivers/net/wireless/p54/eeprom.o [...] > LD [M] drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.o > make: Leaving directory `/c/wfg/tip' > wfg@bee ~/tip/obj-compiletest% .. > wfg@bee ~/tip% q pop > Removing patch patches/mutt-wfg-t420-1000-8534-5234451332105763812 > Restoring drivers/net/wireless/p54/eeprom.c > Is this patch 1, or patch 2... or both? Regards, Chr -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html