Re: [PATCH] bcm/CmHost.c: Fix noisy compile warnings

Dan Carpenter
2014-10-15T12:34:43Z

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 05:26:39AM -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> The Beceem WIMAX was generating compile warnings on 64bit machines,
> which were:
>
> drivers/staging/bcm/CmHost.c: In function ‘StoreCmControlResponseMessage’:
> drivers/staging/bcm/CmHost.c:1503:3: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
> (struct bcm_connect_mgr_params *) ntohl(
> ^
> drivers/staging/bcm/CmHost.c:1546:3: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
> (struct bcm_connect_mgr_params *) ntohl(
> ^
> drivers/staging/bcm/CmHost.c:1564:3: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
> (struct bcm_connect_mgr_params *) ntohl(
>
> This resolves the issue by generating 64bit friendly code.
>

As far as I can tell this isn't a bugfix, it just hides a real 64 bit
bug. Let's leave the bug how it is so it's easy to see from a long way
away.

regards,
dan carpenter