Re: [PATCH net-next v10 06/15] ax88179_178a: Add HW support for AX179A-based chips

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:28:31 +0200 Birger Koblitz wrote:
> This adds bindings and HW support for AX179A-based USB-Ethernet
> controllers. The AX179A-family of chips consists of the
> AX88279 (2.5GBit PHY)
> AX88179A/B (1GBit PHY, B variant has wider temperature range)
> AX772D/E (100Mbit PHY)

Sparse flags a number of warnings here:

drivers/net/usb/ax88179a_devices.c:509:37: warning: restricted __le16 degrades to integer
drivers/net/usb/ax88179a_devices.c:678:32: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different base types)
drivers/net/usb/ax88179a_devices.c:678:32:    expected restricted __le64 const [usertype] *p
drivers/net/usb/ax88179a_devices.c:678:32:    got unsigned long long [usertype] *
drivers/net/usb/ax88179a_devices.c:705:45: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different base types)
drivers/net/usb/ax88179a_devices.c:705:45:    expected restricted __le64 const [usertype] *p
drivers/net/usb/ax88179a_devices.c:705:45:    got unsigned long long [usertype] *[assigned] pkt_desc_ptr
drivers/net/usb/ax88179a_devices.c:801:22: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
drivers/net/usb/ax88179a_devices.c:801:22:    expected unsigned long long [usertype]
drivers/net/usb/ax88179a_devices.c:801:22:    got restricted __le64 [usertype]
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