drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c fails to build

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Sep 8 07:00:13 EST 2010


Dear Rupjyoti Sarmah,

In message <5205dc59ca0e0fd65e50d80eeff60d01 at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> The current mainline 2.6.36-rc3 does not report any error while building
> the SATA driver.

It reports a lot of warnings, though:

-> git describe
v2.6.36-rc3
In file included from drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c:38:
drivers/ata/libata.h:31:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c:44:1: warning: "DRV_VERSION" redefined
drivers/ata/libata.h:32:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c: In function 'sata_dwc_exec_command_by_tag':
drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c:1356: warning: passing argument 1 of 'ata_get_cmd_descript' makes integer from pointer without a cast
drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c: In function 'sata_dwc_qc_issue':
drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c:1476: warning: 'err' is used uninitialized in this function
drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c:1465: note: 'err' was declared here
drivers/scsi/constants.c: In function 'scsi_print_sense':
drivers/scsi/constants.c:1407: warning: zero-length printf format string
drivers/scsi/constants.c:1413: warning: zero-length printf format string
drivers/scsi/constants.c: In function 'scsi_print_result':
drivers/scsi/constants.c:1456: warning: zero-length printf format string
drivers/scsi/sd.c: In function 'sd_print_sense_hdr':
drivers/scsi/sd.c:2628: warning: zero-length printf format string
drivers/scsi/sd.c:2630: warning: zero-length printf format string
drivers/scsi/sd.c: In function 'sd_print_result':
drivers/scsi/sd.c:2636: warning: zero-length printf format string

And the ``'err' is used uninitialized'' warning is indeed a valid one.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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