linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: Fix warnings about endianness

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Message-ID: <20170216184352.GA20695@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 16 Feb 2017 10:43:52 -0800
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     maomao xu <albert008.xu@...il.com>
Cc:     bhumirks@...il.com, singhalsimran0@...il.com, nikolas@....org,
        bhaktipriya96@...il.com, elise.lennion@...il.com,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: Fix warnings about endianness

On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 05:06:27PM +0800, maomao xu wrote:
> drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c:564:37: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c:564:37:    expected unsigned short [unsigned] [usertype] len
> drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c:564:37:    got restricted __be16 [usertype] <noident>
> 
> Signed-off-by: maomao xu <albert008.xu@...il.com>
> 

Always test-build your patches!!!

I don't know what to apply here at all.  Please fix them up and resend a
patch series of the correct patches.

thanks,

greg k-h