netdev - Re: [PATCH] [POWERPC] ucc_geth: Eliminate compile warnings

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Date:	Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:10:05 -0500
From:	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>
To:	Medve Emilian-EMMEDVE1 <Emilian.Medve@...escale.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	jgarzik@...ox.com, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [POWERPC] ucc_geth: Eliminate compile warnings

On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 06:47:32AM -0700, Medve Emilian-EMMEDVE1 wrote:
> Are you suggesting we leave those warnings there until somebody decides
> to fix all the portability issues of this driver? My patch is a small
> and insignificant improvement and not the revolution you're asking for,
> but is an small improvement today (I dislike warnings) vs. an improbable
> big one in the future.

It is not an improvement, as it moves the driver further away from being
64-bit clean.  A better fix would be to change the definition of
tx/rx_bd_ring_offset to unsigned long (or better yet, a union).

-Scott
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