netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 23/35] brcmfmac: cfg80211: Add support for scan params v2

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jan 2022 15:57:24 +0900
From:   Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st>
To:     Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Arend van Spriel <aspriel@...il.com>,
        Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
        Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
        Chi-hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ineon.com>,
        Wright Feng <wright.feng@...ineon.com>,
        Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
Cc:     Sven Peter <sven@...npeter.dev>,
        Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@...enzweig.io>,
        Mark Kettenis <kettenis@...nbsd.org>,
        Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>,
        Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieter-paul.giesberts@...adcom.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
        "brian m. carlson" <sandals@...stytoothpaste.net>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 23/35] brcmfmac: cfg80211: Add support for scan params
 v2

On 05/01/2022 04.46, Arend Van Spriel wrote:
> On January 4, 2022 8:30:51 AM Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st> wrote:
> 
>> This new API version is required for at least the BCM4387 firmware. Add
>> support for it, with a fallback to the v1 API.
>>
>> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st>
>> ---
>> .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c    | 113 ++++++++++++++----
>> .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/feature.c     |   1 +
>> .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/feature.h     |   4 +-
>> .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwil_types.h  |  49 +++++++-
>> 4 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> 
> Compiling this patch with C=2 gives following warnings:
> 
> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c:1086:28: 
> warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c:1086:28: 
> expected restricted __le16 [usertype] version
> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c:1086:28: got int
> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c:1148:38: 
> warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c:1148:38: 
> expected restricted __le32 [usertype] scan_type
> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c:1148:38: got int
> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c:789:30: 
> warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c:789:30: 
> expected unsigned char [usertype] scan_type
> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c:789:30: got 
> restricted __le32 [usertype] scan_type
> 
> Will check if this is a valid warning.

Those are valid bugs (it'd break on big endian platforms), thanks for
checking this. Fixed for v3 :)

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Hector Martin (marcan@...can.st)
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