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[Wolfgang Denk]

Hi,

the EVB64260, P3G4, and ZUMA boards produce a lot of compiler warnings:

mpsc.c: In function 'mpsc_putchar_early':
mpsc.c:121: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c:127: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c: In function 'mpsc_getchar':
mpsc.c:204: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c:207: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c: In function 'mpsc_init':
mpsc.c:273: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c:274: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c: In function 'galbrg_set_baudrate':
mpsc.c:402: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c: In function 'galbrg_set_CDV':
mpsc.c:416: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c:419: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c: In function 'galbrg_enable':
mpsc.c:429: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c:431: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c: In function 'galbrg_disable':
mpsc.c:441: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c:443: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c: In function 'galbrg_set_clksrc':
mpsc.c:453: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c:456: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c: In function 'galmpsc_connect':
mpsc.c:585: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c:599: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c: In function 'galmpsc_route_rx_clock':
mpsc.c:630: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c:637: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c: In function 'galmpsc_route_tx_clock':
mpsc.c:647: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c:654: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c: In function 'galmpsc_config_channel_regs':
mpsc.c:685: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c:686: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c: In function 'galmpsc_set_brkcnt':
mpsc.c:707: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c:710: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c: In function 'galmpsc_set_tcschar':
mpsc.c:720: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c:723: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c: In function 'galmpsc_set_char_length':
mpsc.c:733: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c:736: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c: In function 'galmpsc_set_stop_bit_length':
mpsc.c:746: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c:748: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c: In function 'galmpsc_set_parity':
mpsc.c:758: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c:767: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c: In function 'galmpsc_enter_hunt':
mpsc.c:777: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c:779: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
mpsc.c: In function 'galmpsc_shutdown':
mpsc.c:809: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules


Are you still maintaining these boards?

If yes, can you please submit a patch to clean this up?

If no, can you please give your OK so we remove these board
configurations from the code base?

Thanks.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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