From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:57604 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752561AbdEDWhy (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 May 2017 18:37:54 -0400 Subject: Patch "staging: bcm: add 32-bit host dependency" has been added to the 3.18-stable tree To: arnd@arndb.de, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: , From: Date: Thu, 04 May 2017 15:37:36 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20170504205209.498721-6-arnd@arndb.de> Message-ID: <149393745615922@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled staging: bcm: add 32-bit host dependency to the 3.18-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: staging-bcm-add-32-bit-host-dependency.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.18 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let know about it. >>From arnd@arndb.de Thu May 4 15:29:20 2017 From: Arnd Bergmann Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 22:52:01 +0200 Subject: staging: bcm: add 32-bit host dependency To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann Message-ID: <20170504205209.498721-6-arnd@arndb.de> From: Arnd Bergmann The driver uses a 32-bit variable to store a pointer, causing a couple of warnings: ../drivers/staging/bcm/CmHost.c: In function 'StoreCmControlResponseMessage': ../drivers/staging/bcm/CmHost.c:1503:3: error: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Werror=int-to-pointer-cast] (struct bcm_connect_mgr_params *) ntohl( ^ ../drivers/staging/bcm/CmHost.c:1546:3: error: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Werror=int-to-pointer-cast] (struct bcm_connect_mgr_params *) ntohl( ^ ../drivers/staging/bcm/CmHost.c:1564:3: error: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Werror=int-to-pointer-cast] (struct bcm_connect_mgr_params *) ntohl( I fixed other warnings in an earlier commit 9f1c75ac2dba ("staging/bcm: fix most build warnings"), but couldn't figure out what was the intended behavior on 64-bit machines here. The driver was removed in linux-3.19, commit d09e9b160fc1 ("staging: bcm: remove driver") which explains that it never worked on 64-bit machines. This adds a Kconfig dependency instead to prevent it from being built in the known broken configuration. This workaround applies to v2.6.37 or higher. Fixes: f8942e07a3db ("staging: Beeceem USB Wimax driver") Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/staging/bcm/Kconfig | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/drivers/staging/bcm/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/staging/bcm/Kconfig @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ config BCM_WIMAX tristate "Beceem BCS200/BCS220-3 and BCSM250 wimax support" depends on USB && NET + depends on !64BIT help This is an experimental driver for the Beceem WIMAX chipset used by Sprint 4G. Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from arnd@arndb.de are queue-3.18/ib-iser-fix-sparse-warnings.patch queue-3.18/cred-userns-define-current_user_ns-as-a-function.patch queue-3.18/pci-xilinx-fix-harmless-format-string-warning.patch queue-3.18/arm64-build-vdso-without-libgcov.patch queue-3.18/arm64-provide-a-namespace-to-ncaps.patch queue-3.18/alsa-ppc-awacs-shut-up-maybe-uninitialized-warning.patch queue-3.18/net-tg3-avoid-uninitialized-variable-warning.patch queue-3.18/tty-isicom-fix-big-endian-compile-warning.patch queue-3.18/mtd-avoid-stack-overflow-in-mtd-cfi-code.patch queue-3.18/ib-qib-rename-bits_per_page-to-rvt_bits_per_page.patch queue-3.18/ips-remove-pointless-warning.patch queue-3.18/powerpc-ptrace-fix-out-of-bounds-array-access-warning.patch queue-3.18/staging-imx-drm-fix-indentation-warning.patch queue-3.18/mlx5-avoid-build-warnings-on-32-bit.patch queue-3.18/mm-cma-silence-warnings-due-to-max-usage.patch queue-3.18/misdn-avoid-arch-specific-__builtin_return_address-call.patch queue-3.18/staging-bcm-add-32-bit-host-dependency.patch queue-3.18/staging-vt6655-fix-overly-large-stack-usage.patch queue-3.18/drbd-avoid-redefinition-of-bits_per_page.patch queue-3.18/infiniband-mlx5-avoid-a-compile-time-warning.patch queue-3.18/arm-cns3xxx-shut-up-frame-size-warning.patch queue-3.18/ib-ehca-fix-maybe-uninitialized-warnings.patch