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From: Marek Vasut <marex-ynQEQJNshbs@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] I2C: Implement DMA support into mxs-i2c
Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 16:02:56 +0200
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Dear Shawn Guo,

> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 11:01:08PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > > > > It complains that data might be undefined, do you want it in a
> > > > > separate patch then ?
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, but only if you can prove that the compiler is right.
> > > 
> > > It's not right, because that variable is always initialized, but this
> > > at least squashes the compile warning.
> > 
> > The compiler needs to be fixed, not the kernel.

I second this.

> Heh, this is coming up again.  I'm not convincing you to take the
> change, but just curious what if this is not a compile warning but
> an error for the same cause that compiler is not right.

Can you elaborate?

Best regards,
Marek Vasut