linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] efifb: Fix "cast to pointer from integer of different size"

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Date:	Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:25:00 +0900
From:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
To:	Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>
Cc:	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] efifb: Fix "cast to pointer from integer of different size"

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 01:38:03PM -0700, Mike Waychison wrote:
> Fix set_system() to not cause a cast warning when printing a u32 as a
> pointer:
> 
> drivers/video/efifb.c: In function 'set_system':
> drivers/video/efifb.c:247: error: cast to pointer from integer of
> different size
> 
> Allow the integer to print as a pointer by first casting to unsigned
> long which we know will be the width of a pointer and at least as wide
> as u32.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>

I've already taken another patch that fixed it a slightly different way,
thanks anyways.
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