netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 net-next 00/11] net: mvpp2: misc improvements and preparation patches

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Date:   Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:03:37 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jason@...edaemon.net, andrew@...n.ch,
        sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com,
        gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com, nadavh@...vell.com,
        hannah@...vell.com, yehuday@...vell.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, stefanc@...vell.com,
        mw@...ihalf.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 net-next 00/11] net: mvpp2: misc improvements and
 preparation patches

From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 17:45:56 +0100

> This series contains a number of misc improvements and preparation
> patches for an upcoming series that adds support for the new PPv2.2
> network controller to the mvpp2 driver.
> 
> The most significant improvements are:
> 
>  - Switching to using build_skb(), which is necessary for the upcoming
>    PPv2.2 support, but anyway a good improvement to the current mvpp2
>    driver (supporting PPv2.1).
> 
>  - Making the driver build on 64-bit platforms.
> 
> Changes since v1:
> 
>  - This series is split as a separate series from the larger patch set
>    adding support for PPv2.2 in the mvpp2 driver, as requested by
>    David Miller.
> 
>  - Rebased on top of v4.10-rc1.

You still have warnings to fix for the 64-bit build:

drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c: In function ‘mvpp2_rx’:
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c:5125:10: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
   data = (void *)rx_desc->buf_cookie;
          ^