Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: sis: use explicitly signed char

From: Helge Deller
Date: Tue Oct 25 2022 - 09:02:20 EST


On 10/25/22 14:55, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 8:29 PM Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> wrote:

On 10/24/22 18:29, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
With char becoming unsigned by default, and with `char` alone being
ambiguous and based on architecture, signed chars need to be marked
explicitly as such. This fixes warnings like:

drivers/video/fbdev/sis/init301.c:3549 SiS_GetCRT2Data301() warn: 'SiS_Pr->SiS_EModeIDTable[ModeIdIndex]->ROMMODEIDX661' is unsigned

Cc: Thomas Winischhofer <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
Cc: linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied to linux-fbdev git tree.

For 6.1 as a fix, right? Since this is already broken on, e.g., ARM.

Yes.

Helge