Re: [PATCH -mm] sata_vsc gcc 4.1 warning fix

[Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>]

On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 13:20 +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Daniel Walker wrote:
> > Fixes the following warning,
> > 
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:152: warning: passing argument 2 of 'writew' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:153: warning: passing argument 2 of 'writew' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:154: warning: passing argument 2 of 'writew' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:155: warning: passing argument 2 of 'writew' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:156: warning: passing argument 2 of 'writew' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:158: warning: passing argument 2 of 'writew' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:159: warning: passing argument 2 of 'writew' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:160: warning: passing argument 2 of 'writew' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:161: warning: passing argument 2 of 'writew' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:162: warning: passing argument 2 of 'writew' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:166: warning: passing argument 2 of 'writeb' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c: In function 'vsc_sata_tf_read':
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:178: warning: passing argument 1 of 'readw' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:179: warning: passing argument 1 of 'readw' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:180: warning: passing argument 1 of 'readw' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:181: warning: passing argument 1 of 'readw' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:182: warning: passing argument 1 of 'readw' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:183: warning: passing argument 1 of 'readw' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c: In function 'vsc_sata_setup_port':
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:320: warning: passing argument 2 of 'writel' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c:321: warning: passing argument 2 of 'writel' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > 
> > Signed-Off-By: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>
> > 
> 
> Hello, Daniel.
> 
> This fix comes up every so often and I have submitted almost identical 
> patch several months ago.  Unfortunately, it's not the proper fix and 
> won't be accepted.  All those read/writeX()'s and in/outX()'s are 
> scheduled (for a looooong time) to be converted to new unified 
> ioread/writeX()'s.  Things are in progress (well, or halt) in the #iomap 
> branch of libata-dev devel tree.  libata needs some updates in host 
> initialization part for this conversion to complete.

I guess subconsciously I knew as much, but I've seen warning like these
during compiles for a very very very long time .. Considering how
trivial it is to silence them I don't see why it shouldn't be accepted .
The "right" fix should have arrived by now ..

Daniel

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