The dmaw_block is an enum and max_pay_load is u32. Therefore sparse gives warning about comparison of unsigned and signed value. Resolve by using min_t to force cast. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- a/drivers/net/atl1c/atl1c_main.c 2011-02-23 09:58:11.282457630 -0800 +++ b/drivers/net/atl1c/atl1c_main.c 2011-02-23 09:58:42.626823758 -0800 @@ -1102,10 +1102,10 @@ static void atl1c_configure_tx(struct at AT_READ_REG(hw, REG_DEVICE_CTRL, &dev_ctrl_data); max_pay_load = (dev_ctrl_data >> DEVICE_CTRL_MAX_PAYLOAD_SHIFT) & DEVICE_CTRL_MAX_PAYLOAD_MASK; - hw->dmaw_block = min(max_pay_load, hw->dmaw_block); + hw->dmaw_block = min_t(u32, max_pay_load, hw->dmaw_block); max_pay_load = (dev_ctrl_data >> DEVICE_CTRL_MAX_RREQ_SZ_SHIFT) & DEVICE_CTRL_MAX_RREQ_SZ_MASK; - hw->dmar_block = min(max_pay_load, hw->dmar_block); + hw->dmar_block = min_t(u32, max_pay_load, hw->dmar_block); txq_ctrl_data = (hw->tpd_burst & TXQ_NUM_TPD_BURST_MASK) << TXQ_NUM_TPD_BURST_SHIFT; --- a/drivers/net/atl1e/atl1e_main.c 2011-02-23 09:58:52.594940247 -0800 +++ b/drivers/net/atl1e/atl1e_main.c 2011-02-23 09:59:03.859071913 -0800 @@ -932,11 +932,11 @@ static inline void atl1e_configure_tx(st max_pay_load = ((dev_ctrl_data >> DEVICE_CTRL_MAX_PAYLOAD_SHIFT)) & DEVICE_CTRL_MAX_PAYLOAD_MASK; - hw->dmaw_block = min(max_pay_load, hw->dmaw_block); + hw->dmaw_block = min_t(u32, max_pay_load, hw->dmaw_block); max_pay_load = ((dev_ctrl_data >> DEVICE_CTRL_MAX_RREQ_SZ_SHIFT)) & DEVICE_CTRL_MAX_RREQ_SZ_MASK; - hw->dmar_block = min(max_pay_load, hw->dmar_block); + hw->dmar_block = min_t(u32, max_pay_load, hw->dmar_block); if (hw->nic_type != athr_l2e_revB) AT_WRITE_REGW(hw, REG_TXQ_CTRL + 2, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html