Compiler error in last git kernel [drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c]

Compiler error in last git kernel [drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c]

[Giacomo A. Catenazzi]

   CC [M]  drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.o
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c: In function `ipmi_new_smi':
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c:532: warning: passing arg 1 of `class_simple_device_add' from incompatible pointer type
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c: In function `ipmi_smi_gone':
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c:537: warning: passing arg 1 of `class_simple_device_remove' makes integer from pointer without a cast
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c:537: error: too many arguments to function `class_simple_device_remove'
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c: In function `init_ipmi_devintf':
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c:558: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c:566: warning: passing arg 1 of `class_simple_destroy' from incompatible pointer type
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c:580: warning: passing arg 1 of `class_simple_destroy' from incompatible pointer type
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c: In function `cleanup_ipmi':
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c:591: warning: passing arg 1 of `class_simple_destroy' from incompatible pointer type
make[3]: *** [drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.o] Error 1

ciao
	cate

[Patch] ipmi: Compiler error in last git kernel [drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c]

[Neil Horman]

Heres the fix.  Looks pretty straight forward

Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@redhat.com>

 ipmi_devintf.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


--- linux-2.6.git/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c.buildbreak	2005-05-24 14:40:58.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.git/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c	2005-05-24 14:48:45.000000000 -0400
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(ipmi_major, "Sets the m
 		 " interface.  Other values will set the major device number"
 		 " to that value.");
 
-static struct class *ipmi_class;
+static struct class_simple *ipmi_class;
 
 static void ipmi_new_smi(int if_num)
 {
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ static void ipmi_new_smi(int if_num)
 
 static void ipmi_smi_gone(int if_num)
 {
-	class_simple_device_remove(ipmi_class, MKDEV(ipmi_major, if_num));
+	class_simple_device_remove(MKDEV(ipmi_major, if_num));
 	devfs_remove("ipmidev/%d", if_num);
 }
 
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