From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 00:22:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH v4] ARM: Fix sparse warnings due to variables conflicts.
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References: <1286517186-29934-1-git-send-email-sourav.poddar@ti.com>
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On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 06:32:29AM -0500, Nishanth Menon wrote:
> Poddar, Sourav had written, on 10/08/2010 12:53 AM, the following:
>> Fix the sparse warnings generated due to conflicts in variables used in readl/writel.
>>
>>
>> drivers/net/smc91x.c:312:8: warning: symbol '__v' shadows an earlier one
>> drivers/net/smc91x.c:312:8: originally declared here
>>
>> With this change, about 200 sparse warnings are fixed.
> The commit message could be a little more detailed.
> see http://marc.info/?l=linux-omap&m=128648102511076&w=2
>
> also should $subject say ARM: io: fix namespace conflict
> to better reflect the fix? sparse warnings are just an indication IMHO

afaics, this patch will cause checkpatch to issue warnings due to lines
over 80 characters.

I can't check that because I don't have the original patch via the
linux-arm-kernel mailing list.