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

[Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>]

On Maw, 2006-05-09 at 19:55 -0700, Daniel Walker wrote:
> Fixes the following warnings,
> 
> drivers/telephony/ixj.c: In function 'ixj_pstn_state':
> drivers/telephony/ixj.c:4847: warning: 'bytes.high' may be used uninitialized in this function
> drivers/telephony/ixj.c: In function 'ixj_write_frame':
> drivers/telephony/ixj.c:3448: warning: 'blankword.high' may be used uninitialized in this function
> drivers/telephony/ixj.c:3448: warning: 'blankword.low' may be used uninitialized in this function
> 
> Signed-Off-By: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>

No this is not a good idea either. The missing default case stuff is as
far as I can see from inspection not neccessary. If anything you want to
add

	default:
		BUG();

since those are impossible cases.

The unusued variables also appear to be just compiler confusion.

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