netdev - Re: [PATCH v5] NET: Add ezchip ethernet driver

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Date:	Sun, 21 Jun 2015 09:22:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	noamc@...hip.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com, vgupta@...opsys.com,
	giladb@...hip.com, cmetcalf@...hip.com, talz@...hip.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] NET: Add ezchip ethernet driver

From: Noam Camus <noamc@...hip.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:35:42 +0300

> From: Noam Camus <noamc@...hip.com>
> 
> Simple LAN device for debug or management purposes.
> Device supports interrupts for RX and TX(completion).
> Device does not have DMA ability.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Noam Camus <noamc@...hip.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tal Zilcer <talz@...hip.com>
> Acked-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@...opsys.com>

This builds with several warnings and also doesn't compile.

drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/nps_enet.c: In function ‘nps_enet_read_rx_fifo’:
drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/nps_enet.c:43:24: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size [-Wpointer-to-int-cast]
drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/nps_enet.c:43:24: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size [-Wpointer-to-int-cast]
drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/nps_enet.c: In function ‘nps_enet_send_frame’:
drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/nps_enet.c:366:24: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size [-Wpointer-to-int-cast]
drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/nps_enet.c:366:24: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size [-Wpointer-to-int-cast]
drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/nps_enet.c: In function ‘nps_enet_poll_controller’:
drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/nps_enet.c:535:2: error: implicit declaration of function ‘nps_enet_board_irq_handler’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors

I do not even see where npe_enet_board_irq_handler could possible be defined.

It is quite infuriating to receive a patch like this which is claimed
to be complete and ready to be applied to my tree, yet it is very
clearly not.