Return-path: Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:13769 "EHLO agminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753091AbXEIVVo (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 May 2007 17:21:44 -0400 Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 14:25:16 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: Dan Williams Cc: Marcelo Tosatti , Jeff Garzik , David Miller , penberg@cs.helsinki.fi, linville@tuxdriver.com, hch@infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: Please pull 'revert-libertas' branch of wireless-2.6 Message-Id: <20070509142516.a31467c5.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <1178674020.16181.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <20070507141143.GB5125@tuxdriver.com> <463F443A.5000306@garzik.org> <84144f020705080247v74ebcd26y27c2f1e61529b215@mail.gmail.com> <20070508.132737.104034594.davem@davemloft.net> <4640E3BF.8080401@garzik.org> <1178659763.14888.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4640FC76.4090908@garzik.org> <20070508234118.GA3472@dmt> <1178674020.16181.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 08 May 2007 21:27:00 -0400 Dan Williams wrote: > On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 20:41 -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 06:40:54PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > Dan Williams wrote: > > > >I'll audit the list of ioctls and remove ones that may be objectionable, > > > >and we'll go back through them after 2.6.22 and add back in ones that > > > >are actually required. Keep the API/ABI small and expand if necessary. > > > >What's the timeframe required here? Linville said a few days at the > > > >most. > > > > > > Ideally, before 2.6.22-rc1. No set date, but generally it's a week or > > > two after merge window opens. > > > > > > But even if you miss -rc1, we MUST get in the ioctl removal before > > > 2.6.22 release. This is certainly exception to the "nothing but bug > > > fixes" rule -- or perhaps it is following the rule, if you consider the > > > ioctls' existence a bug :) > > > > > > Getting the CodingStyle fixes in before 2.6.22-rc1 would be nice, but, > > > as I noted, lower priority than serious stuff like ioctl consideration. > > > > There is also a bunch of updates pending. I'm sending them over this > > week. > > > > Dan: I'll be sending everything thats currently in our tree but not > > mainline. > > I'm going through the ioctls as we speak... what else was pending? All of the printk format warnings & cast warnings from 2.6.21-mm2 ?? drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c: In function 'libertas_process_rxed_packet': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c:213: warning: format '%d' expects type 'int', but argument 3 has type 'long unsigned int' drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c:213: warning: format '%d' expects type 'int', but argument 4 has type 'long unsigned int' drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c: In function 'process_rxed_802_11_packet': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c:367: warning: format '%d' expects type 'int', but argument 3 has type 'long unsigned int' drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c:367: warning: format '%d' expects type 'int', but argument 4 has type 'long unsigned int' drivers/net/wireless/libertas/tx.c: In function 'SendSinglePacket': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/tx.c:81: warning: format '%d' expects type 'int', but argument 3 has type 'long unsigned int' drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c: In function 'libertas_queue_cmd': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c:950: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c: In function 'DownloadcommandToStation': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c:979: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c:979: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c: In function 'libertas_prepare_and_send_command': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c:1177: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/scan.c: In function 'InterpretBSSDescriptionWithIE': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/scan.c:1118: warning: format '%d' expects type 'int', but argument 3 has type 'long unsigned int' drivers/net/wireless/libertas/scan.c: In function 'libertas_get_scan': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/scan.c:1586: warning: format '%d' expects type 'int', but argument 5 has type 'long unsigned int' drivers/net/wireless/libertas/join.c: In function 'libertas_cmd_80211_ad_hoc_join': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/join.c:789: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c: In function 'wlan_set_linkmode_ioctl': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c:696: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c: In function 'wlan_set_radiomode_ioctl': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c:728: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c: In function 'wlan_set_debugmode_ioctl': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c:757: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c: In function 'wlan_fwt_cleanup_ioctl': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c:1779: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c: In function 'wlan_fwt_time_ioctl': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c:1810: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c: In function 'wlan_mesh_get_ttl_ioctl': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c:1839: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c: In function 'libertas_do_ioctl': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c:1947: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c:2025: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c:2171: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c:2188: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c:2192: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/ioctl.c:2196: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c: In function 'libertas_parse_ssid': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c:279: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c: In function 'wlan_debugfs_read': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c:1823: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c:1825: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c:1827: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c: In function 'wlan_debugfs_write': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c:1884: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c:1886: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c:1888: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c: At top level: drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c:1900: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c: In function 'libertas_debug_init': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c:1919: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c: In function '__if_usb_submit_rx_urb': drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c:393: warning: passing argument 4 of 'usb_fill_bulk_urb' makes pointer from integer without a cast > Louis has a few on libertas-dev list. We also need to pull wireless-2.6 > into libertas before we send linville a pull request, I think. --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***