linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Tree for Aug 3 (efivars/pstore)

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Date:	Thu, 4 Aug 2011 10:49:27 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Cc:	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for Aug 3 (efivars/pstore)

Hi Randy,

On Wed, 3 Aug 2011 10:40:30 -0700 Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net> wrote:
>
> What is this warning about?  I don't see the problem.
> 
> The warning only happens on i386 AFAIK.  Must be some typedef glitch?
> 
> drivers/firmware/efivars.c:602: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type

The second argument to the write method in a pstore_info is supposed to
be "unsigned int" but the assigned function has "int" in the
!CONFIG_PSTORE version.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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