linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nwflash: fix build errors and warning

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Date:	Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:32:10 +0100
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	tim@...sik3.uni-rostock.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nwflash: fix build errors and warning

On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 12:02:20AM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 03:18:08PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 01:48:18AM -0700, akpm@...ux-foundation.org wrote:
> > > From: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
> > > Cc: Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
> > > Cc: Tim Schmielau <tim@...sik3.uni-rostock.de>
> > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> > 
> > Argh...  Are people now submitting untested patches as a rule?
> > 
> > drivers/char/nwflash.c: In function 'flash_read':
> > drivers/char/nwflash.c:129: error: 'p' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > drivers/char/nwflash.c:129: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> > drivers/char/nwflash.c:129: error: for each function it appears in.)
> > drivers/char/nwflash.c:129: error: 'count' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > drivers/char/nwflash.c:136: warning: passing argument 4 of 'simple_read_from_buffer' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
> > make[2]: *** [drivers/char/nwflash.o] Error 1
> > make[1]: *** [drivers/char] Error 2
> > make: *** [drivers] Error 2
> 
> Sorry. I'm preparing cross compiler. But this patch should fix this
> problem.

I sort of did the same - but merely changing the names of the variables
generates other warnings.  More complete (and build-tested) commit
queued up:

http://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linux-2.6-arm.git;a=commitdiff;h=4ef584ba84125b67c17b5aded38e7783cd8cdef0
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