linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mac80211: check endianness/types in sparse runs

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Date:	Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:33:43 -0800
From:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	John Linville <linville@...driver.com>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@...imi.it>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: check endianness/types in sparse runs

On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 21:29 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > Clean, or did you specifically mean bitwise-clean?
> 
> bitwise-clean. But I don't do full-mac drivers so most of what you quote
> I don't compile, and the mac80211-based drivers only have few problems.
> 

This wasn't meant as any sort of slight, actually I completely agree
that the current warning level means real stuff gets missed.

I've knocked off about a thousand lines from an X86_32 allyesconfig
sparse run this week, but the fruit is starting to get harder to reach.

Harvey

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