[U-Boot-Users] variable type issues in LMB code

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Becky,

in message <B63BCA99-7D7A-4CB6-9386-2371002D765E at freescale.com> you wrote:
> 
> I see the following when I build for 8641HPCN on the latest tree:
> 
> bootm.c: In function ‘do_bootm_linux’:
> bootm.c:208: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
> bootm.c:215: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size

That's what I see, too.

> Wolfgang, please let me know if there are other errors you're seeing  
> on some other build config that I haven't addressed here, and I'll  
> look into those.

That's all, it seems.

> FYI, one possible source of confusion here for folks who are used to  
> the linux version of the lmb: when the lmb became generic instead of  
> ppc-only, the linux folks decided to always use u64 for types in the  
> lmb code.  This made some sense since ppc was the only platform using  > 
> the lmb that used a smaller data type, and the other platforms lacked  > 
> the concept of phys_addr_t.  We've done "the right thing" in u-boot  
> and used phys_size/addr_t since most of the platforms are 32-bit, and  > 
> using u64 unconditionally is a waste.

Thanks, and also for the explanation.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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