This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
staging: bcm: add 32-bit host dependency
to the 3.18-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
staging-bcm-add-32-bit-host-dependency.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.18 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From arnd@xxxxxxxx Thu May 4 15:29:20 2017
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 22:52:01 +0200
Subject: staging: bcm: add 32-bit host dependency
To: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <20170504205209.498721-6-arnd@xxxxxxxx>
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
The driver uses a 32-bit variable to store a pointer, causing a couple of
warnings:
../drivers/staging/bcm/CmHost.c: In function 'StoreCmControlResponseMessage':
../drivers/staging/bcm/CmHost.c:1503:3: error: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Werror=int-to-pointer-cast]
(struct bcm_connect_mgr_params *) ntohl(
^
../drivers/staging/bcm/CmHost.c:1546:3: error: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Werror=int-to-pointer-cast]
(struct bcm_connect_mgr_params *) ntohl(
^
../drivers/staging/bcm/CmHost.c:1564:3: error: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Werror=int-to-pointer-cast]
(struct bcm_connect_mgr_params *) ntohl(
I fixed other warnings in an earlier commit 9f1c75ac2dba ("staging/bcm: fix most
build warnings"), but couldn't figure out what was the intended behavior on
64-bit machines here.
The driver was removed in linux-3.19, commit d09e9b160fc1 ("staging: bcm: remove
driver") which explains that it never worked on 64-bit machines. This adds
a Kconfig dependency instead to prevent it from being built in the known
broken configuration. This workaround applies to v2.6.37 or higher.
Fixes: f8942e07a3db ("staging: Beeceem USB Wimax driver")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/bcm/Kconfig | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
--- a/drivers/staging/bcm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/bcm/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
config BCM_WIMAX
tristate "Beceem BCS200/BCS220-3 and BCSM250 wimax support"
depends on USB && NET
+ depends on !64BIT
help
This is an experimental driver for the Beceem WIMAX chipset used
by Sprint 4G.
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from arnd@xxxxxxxx are
queue-3.18/ib-iser-fix-sparse-warnings.patch
queue-3.18/cred-userns-define-current_user_ns-as-a-function.patch
queue-3.18/pci-xilinx-fix-harmless-format-string-warning.patch
queue-3.18/arm64-build-vdso-without-libgcov.patch
queue-3.18/arm64-provide-a-namespace-to-ncaps.patch
queue-3.18/alsa-ppc-awacs-shut-up-maybe-uninitialized-warning.patch
queue-3.18/net-tg3-avoid-uninitialized-variable-warning.patch
queue-3.18/tty-isicom-fix-big-endian-compile-warning.patch
queue-3.18/mtd-avoid-stack-overflow-in-mtd-cfi-code.patch
queue-3.18/ib-qib-rename-bits_per_page-to-rvt_bits_per_page.patch
queue-3.18/ips-remove-pointless-warning.patch
queue-3.18/powerpc-ptrace-fix-out-of-bounds-array-access-warning.patch
queue-3.18/staging-imx-drm-fix-indentation-warning.patch
queue-3.18/mlx5-avoid-build-warnings-on-32-bit.patch
queue-3.18/mm-cma-silence-warnings-due-to-max-usage.patch
queue-3.18/misdn-avoid-arch-specific-__builtin_return_address-call.patch
queue-3.18/staging-bcm-add-32-bit-host-dependency.patch
queue-3.18/staging-vt6655-fix-overly-large-stack-usage.patch
queue-3.18/drbd-avoid-redefinition-of-bits_per_page.patch
queue-3.18/infiniband-mlx5-avoid-a-compile-time-warning.patch
queue-3.18/arm-cns3xxx-shut-up-frame-size-warning.patch
queue-3.18/ib-ehca-fix-maybe-uninitialized-warnings.patch