[U-Boot] debug warning

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Wed Jul 15 22:29:52 CEST 2015


Hi York,

On 15 July 2015 at 14:25, York Sun <yorksun at freescale.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 07/15/2015 01:23 PM, Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
>> Hello York,
>>
>> On Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:02:07 -0700, York Sun <yorksun at freescale.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Simon,
>>>
>>> Did it happen to you with this warning?
>>>
>>> lib/fdtdec.c:108:4: warning: format ‘%x’ expects argument of type ‘unsigned
>>> int’, but argument 3 has type ‘fdt_size_t’ [-Wformat=]
>>>     debug("addr=%08lx, size=%08x\n",
>>>     ^
>>>
>>> I think when we have 64-bit physical address, as defined in fdtdec.h, this debug
>>> statement needs to be changed. I am thinking to change the typedef fdt_addr_t to
>>> phys_addr_t, and fdt_size_t to phys_size_t. What do you say?
>>
>> I say there is no reason to change a type just because a printf format
>> specifier is wrong for it when building for 64-bit.
>>
>> Is there a rationale apart from the format specifier error?
>>
>> If not, then What should be done is fix the specifier so that it is
>> correct in both 32 and 64 bits.
>>
>
> Albert,
>
> Let me send a RFC patch so you can comment on it.

I'm not sure how to do what Albert is suggesting.

Regards,
Simon


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