Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751518AbWJEPq6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Oct 2006 11:46:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751498AbWJEPq6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Oct 2006 11:46:58 -0400 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:2864 "EHLO mga09.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751518AbWJEPqz convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Oct 2006 11:46:55 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.09,266,1157353200"; d="scan'208"; a="140869141:sNHT3411350719" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: RE: [PATCH] Cast removal Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 08:45:46 -0700 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [PATCH] Cast removal Thread-Index: AcboVSnC6QWXXtUgSQ2J0rK9jV1jAgAP+3cw From: "Moore, Robert" To: "Jan Engelhardt" , "Andrew Morton" Cc: "Len Brown" , "Brown, Len" , "Linux Kernel Mailing List" , "ACPI List" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Oct 2006 15:45:47.0026 (UTC) FILETIME=[5332FF20:01C6E895] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1979 Lines: 58 I was speaking generally, as far as casting issues go with ACPICA. We have lots of compilers to support, as well as 16/32/64 bit issues. We are about to remove the 16-bit support, which will clean things up a bit. I would appreciate a couple of examples of exactly what is being discussed. Thanks. Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-acpi- > owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Jan Engelhardt > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 1:00 AM > To: Andrew Morton > Cc: Len Brown; Brown, Len; Linux Kernel Mailing List; ACPI List > Subject: Re: [PATCH] Cast removal > > > >> > > I'm okay applying this patch it touches the linux-specific > >> > > drivers/acpi/* files only, no ACPICA files. > >> > > >> > Why? > >> > >> Why am I okay with it? > > > >No, I meant why not clean up ACPICA too? > > I was about to go through the whole kernel base for anti-casting. Sounds > like a big task, and probably is. I just did not want to do it all at > once and send a mega-patch. Instead, a per-directory walk seems best to > me, and granted, "dispatcher events executer hardware namespace" and all > the other directories under drivers/acpi/ were supposed to be the next > to be examined for casts. > Though if you have problems with that because compiling with ugh, > old or broken, compilers, be my guest. > http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t313918-void-casting.html > """If your compiler requires a cast, you are using a C++ compiler.""" > Is that the case? > > > > -`J' > -- > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/