[U-Boot] [PATCH] dm: ppc: Fixup cpu.c warning in mpc8xx

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Fri Jul 27 23:26:26 CEST 2012


Dear Wolfgang Denk,

> Dear Marek Vasut,
> 
> In message <1343419212-18716-1-git-send-email-marex at denx.de> you wrote:
> > cpu.c: In function ‘check_CPU’:
> > cpu.c:256:2: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break
> > strict-aliasing rules [-Wstrict-aliasing]
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
> > Cc: Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de>
> > ---
> > 
> >  arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/cpu.c |    3 ++-
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> ...
> 
> > -	k = (immr << 16) | *((ushort *) & immap->im_cpm.cp_dparam[0xB0]);
> > +	k = (immr << 16) | readw(&immap->im_cpm.cp_dparam[0xB0]);
> 
> I think this is wrong.  readw() is a little endian I/O accessor, but
> PPC is all big-endian.

So in_be32 it is, I guess?

> Guess this was untested?

Of course it was not. Had trouble even sending this via the crappy cellular 
connection on a train ;-)

Thanks for catching it, glad you reviewed this.

> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk

Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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