Re: [PATCH] Fix readw/writew warnings in drivers/net/wireless/hermes.h

From: Cal Peake
Date: Mon Oct 11 2004 - 09:20:33 EST


On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 08:23:35AM -0400, Cal Peake wrote:
> > On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Jan Dittmer wrote:
> >
> > > Cal Peake wrote:
> > >
> > > > inw((hw)->iobase + ( (off) << (hw)->reg_spacing )) : \
> > > > - readw((hw)->iobase + ( (off) << (hw)->reg_spacing )))
> > > > + readw((void __iomem *)(hw)->iobase + ( (off) << (hw)->reg_spacing )))
> > > > #define hermes_write_reg(hw, off, val) do { \
> > >
> > > Isn't the correct fix to declare iobase as (void __iomem *) ?
> >
> > iobase is an unsigned long, declaring it as a void pointer is prolly not
> > what we want to do here. The typecast seems proper. A lot of other drivers
> > do this as well thus it must be proper ;-)
>
> Typecast is not a proper solution here. Folks, there are cleanups underway
> for all that mess, but it's not _that_ simple.
>
> And adding casts to shut the warnings up is wrong in 99% of cases.

ok, I'm retarded. I'll shut up for the moment and get a clue :^)

-- Cal

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