On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:42:57 -0500 Mark Lord <lkml@xxxxxx> wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > > If you want to cast a pointer to a small value then start by turning it > > into an unsigned long so the compiler knows what is going on. > > > > Personally I find the whole approach used by this driver for types of > > registers (which are really USB register numbers) utterly perverse... > ... > > > > err = p54u_write(priv, buf, type,\ > > - cpu_to_le32((u32)addr), data);\ > > + cpu_to_le32((u32)(unsigned long)addr), data);\ > ... > > What exactly are those "addr" parameters -- memory addresses ? > They end up being passed as small values over the USB link to the chip the other end. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
