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From: Thomas Fjellstrom <tfjellstrom@strangesoft.net>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: compile error on 3.10.1
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 12:07:03 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2288831.DxHLOohu6v@balsa> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130720180210.GA6190@kroah.com>

On Sat 20 July 2013 11:02:10 you wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 09:59:57AM -0600, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
> > Hi, just trying to compile a vanilla kernel and building using
> > allmodconfig and using oldconfig with the debian 3.10.1 config as a base.
> > 
> > With the later config, I get the following:
> 
> Is this new to 3.10.1 and works fine for 3.10.0? 

I'll check.

All I've tested so far is debian's 2.6.32, 3.9.8, 3.10.1, and a vanilla 3.10.1 
(with allmodconfig and oldconfig+debian config).

> >   CC [M]  drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.o
> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c: In function âwil_print_ringâ:
> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c:163:11: error: pointer targets 
in 
> > passing argument 5 of âhex_dump_to_bufferâ differ in signedness [-
> > Werror=pointer-sign]
> >            false);
> >            ^
> > In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,
> >                  from include/linux/cache.h:4,
> >                  from include/linux/time.h:4,
> >                  from include/linux/stat.h:18,
> >                  from include/linux/module.h:10,
> >                  from drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c:17:
> > include/linux/printk.h:361:13: note: expected âchar *â but argument is of 
type 
> > âunsigned char *â
> >  extern void hex_dump_to_buffer(const void *buf, size_t len,
> >              ^
> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c: In function 
> > âwil_txdesc_debugfs_showâ:
> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c:429:10: error: pointer targets 
in 
> > passing argument 5 of âhex_dump_to_bufferâ differ in signedness [-
> > Werror=pointer-sign]
> >           sizeof(printbuf), false);
> >           ^
> > In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,
> >                  from include/linux/cache.h:4,
> >                  from include/linux/time.h:4,
> >                  from include/linux/stat.h:18,
> >                  from include/linux/module.h:10,
> >                  from drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c:17:
> > include/linux/printk.h:361:13: note: expected âchar *â but argument is of 
type 
> > âunsigned char *â
> >  extern void hex_dump_to_buffer(const void *buf, size_t len,
> >              ^
> > cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
> > make[5]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.o] Error 1
> > make[4]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210] Error 2
> > make[3]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/ath] Error 2
> > make[2]: *** [drivers/net/wireless] Error 2
> > make[1]: *** [drivers/net] Error 2
> > make: *** [drivers] Error 2
> > 
> > There are also a bunch of warnings, most of the ones I could catch are
> > signedness related.
> 
> Care to send this to the atheros wireless developers?  I'm sure they
> would like to know about it.

Can do.

> greg k-h
-- 
Thomas Fjellstrom
tfjellstrom@strangesoft.net

  reply	other threads:[~2013-07-20 18:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-20 15:59 compile error on 3.10.1 Thomas Fjellstrom
2013-07-20 18:02 ` Greg KH
2013-07-20 18:07   ` Thomas Fjellstrom [this message]
2013-07-20 18:39     ` Thomas Fjellstrom

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