RE: [PATCH] cciss: Fix warnings during compilation under 32bit environment

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On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 16:12 +0000, Miller, Mike (OS Dev) wrote:
> > > Nak. You still haven't told where you saw these warnings. What 
> > > compiler are you using? I do not see these in my 32-bit environment.
> > 
> > I think it's seen with CONFIG_LBD=n on 32 bits
> > 
> > In that configuration, sector_t is a u32 (it's u64 even on 32 
> > bits with CONFIG_LBD=y).  The proposed code change is a 
> > simple cut and paste from the sd driver.
> 
> Isn't there a better way than testing each one?

It's not such a bad option.  The sizeof() test is compile time
determinable, so the compiler simply zeros the fields in the
CONFIG_LBD=n case and does the shift for CONFIG_LBD=y.  It certainly
never compiles to four inline condition checks.

James


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