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PATCH In review Auke Kok 2 participants 5 messages Oct 29, 2007 – Oct 30, 2007

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PATCH 1/4 e1000e: fix sparse warnings

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>

Fix sparse warnings from e1000e driver in net-2.6.24.

Added a sparse fix for module param arrays which can have int values but only the array index needs to be unsigned. --Auke

Signed-off-by Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Auke Kok <[email protected]>

---

 drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c |    4 ++--
 drivers/net/e1000e/param.c   |   35 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c +2 -2
index 0666e62..6a39784 100644
@@ -1680,8 +1680,8 @@ static int e1000_phys_id(struct net_device *netdev, u32 data)
 {
 	struct e1000_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
-	if (!data || data > (u32)(MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ))
-		data = (u32)(MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ);
+	if (!data)
+		data = INT_MAX;
 
 	if (adapter->hw.phy.type == e1000_phy_ife) {
 		if (!adapter->blink_timer.function) {
drivers/net/e1000e/param.c +18 -17
index e4e655e..3327892 100644
@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(copybreak,
  */
 
 #define E1000_PARAM_INIT { [0 ... E1000_MAX_NIC] = OPTION_UNSET }
-#define E1000_PARAM(X, desc) \
-	static int __devinitdata X[E1000_MAX_NIC+1] = E1000_PARAM_INIT; \
-	static int num_##X; \
-	module_param_array_named(X, X, int, &num_##X, 0); \
+#define E1000_PARAM(X, desc)					\
+	static int __devinitdata X[E1000_MAX_NIC+1]		\
+		= E1000_PARAM_INIT;				\
+	static unsigned int num_##X;				\
+	module_param_array_named(X, X, int, &num_##X, 0);	\
 	MODULE_PARM_DESC(X, desc);
 
 

@@ -124,9 +125,9 @@ E1000_PARAM(KumeranLockLoss, "Enable Kumeran lock loss workaround");
 
 struct e1000_option {
 	enum { enable_option, range_option, list_option } type;
-	char *name;
-	char *err;
-	int  def;
+	const char *name;
+	const char *err;
+	int def;
 	union {
 		struct { /* range_option info */
 			int min;

@@ -139,8 +140,8 @@ struct e1000_option {
 	} arg;
 };
 
-static int __devinit e1000_validate_option(int *value,
-					   struct e1000_option *opt,
+static int __devinit e1000_validate_option(unsigned int *value,
+					   const struct e1000_option *opt,
 					   struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	if (*value == OPTION_UNSET) {

@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ void __devinit e1000e_check_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 	}
 
 	{ /* Transmit Interrupt Delay */
-		struct e1000_option opt = {
+		const struct e1000_option opt = {
 			.type = range_option,
 			.name = "Transmit Interrupt Delay",
 			.err  = "using default of "

@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ void __devinit e1000e_check_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 		}
 	}
 	{ /* Transmit Absolute Interrupt Delay */
-		struct e1000_option opt = {
+		const struct e1000_option opt = {
 			.type = range_option,
 			.name = "Transmit Absolute Interrupt Delay",
 			.err  = "using default of "

@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ void __devinit e1000e_check_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 		}
 	}
 	{ /* Receive Absolute Interrupt Delay */
-		struct e1000_option opt = {
+		const struct e1000_option opt = {
 			.type = range_option,
 			.name = "Receive Absolute Interrupt Delay",
 			.err  = "using default of "

@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ void __devinit e1000e_check_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 		}
 	}
 	{ /* Interrupt Throttling Rate */
-		struct e1000_option opt = {
+		const struct e1000_option opt = {
 			.type = range_option,
 			.name = "Interrupt Throttling Rate (ints/sec)",
 			.err  = "using default of "

@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ void __devinit e1000e_check_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 		}
 	}
 	{ /* Smart Power Down */
-		struct e1000_option opt = {
+		const struct e1000_option opt = {
 			.type = enable_option,
 			.name = "PHY Smart Power Down",
 			.err  = "defaulting to Disabled",

@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@ void __devinit e1000e_check_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 		};
 
 		if (num_SmartPowerDownEnable > bd) {
-			int spd = SmartPowerDownEnable[bd];
+			unsigned int spd = SmartPowerDownEnable[bd];
 			e1000_validate_option(&spd, &opt, adapter);
 			if ((adapter->flags & FLAG_HAS_SMART_POWER_DOWN)
 			    && spd)

@@ -360,7 +361,7 @@ void __devinit e1000e_check_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 		}
 	}
 	{ /* Kumeran Lock Loss Workaround */
-		struct e1000_option opt = {
+		const struct e1000_option opt = {
 			.type = enable_option,
 			.name = "Kumeran Lock Loss Workaround",
 			.err  = "defaulting to Enabled",

@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ void __devinit e1000e_check_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 		};
 
 		if (num_KumeranLockLoss > bd) {
-			int kmrn_lock_loss = KumeranLockLoss[bd];
+			unsigned int kmrn_lock_loss = KumeranLockLoss[bd];
 			e1000_validate_option(&kmrn_lock_loss, &opt, adapter);
 			if (hw->mac.type == e1000_ich8lan)
 				e1000e_set_kmrn_lock_loss_workaround_ich8lan(hw,
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#1 lore raw

PATCH 2/4 ixgb: fix sparse warnings

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>

Fix sparse warnings in ixgb driver for net-2.6.24.

Added a sparse fix for invalid declaration using non-constant value in ixgb_set_multi. Added a fix for the module param array index and allows int params in the array. --Auke

Signed-off-by Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Auke Kok <[email protected]>

---

 drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb.h         |    7 ++++++
 drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ethtool.c |    7 ++----
 drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_hw.c      |    4 ++--
 drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c    |   11 ++++------
 drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_param.c   |   43 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 5 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb.h +7 -0
index 1eee889..3d2e721 100644
@@ -196,4 +196,11 @@ struct ixgb_adapter {
 	uint32_t alloc_rx_buff_failed;
 	boolean_t have_msi;
 };
+
+/* Exported from other modules */
+extern void ixgb_check_options(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter);
+extern void ixgb_set_ethtool_ops(struct net_device *netdev);
+extern char ixgb_driver_name[];
+extern const char ixgb_driver_version[];
+
 #endif /* _IXGB_H_ */
drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ethtool.c +2 -5
index fddd584..a267dd8 100644
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
-extern char ixgb_driver_name[];
-extern char ixgb_driver_version[];
-
 extern int ixgb_up(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter);
 extern void ixgb_down(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter, boolean_t kill_watchdog);
 extern void ixgb_reset(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter);

@@ -639,8 +636,8 @@ ixgb_phys_id(struct net_device *netdev, uint32_t data)
 {
 	struct ixgb_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
-	if(!data || data > (uint32_t)(MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ))
-		data = (uint32_t)(MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ);
+	if (!data)
+		data = INT_MAX;
 
 	if(!adapter->blink_timer.function) {
 		init_timer(&adapter->blink_timer);
drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_hw.c +2 -2
index ecbf458..2c6367a 100644
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ mac_addr_valid(uint8_t *mac_addr)
  *
  * hw - Struct containing variables accessed by shared code
  *****************************************************************************/
-boolean_t
+static boolean_t
 ixgb_link_reset(struct ixgb_hw *hw)
 {
 	boolean_t link_status = FALSE;

@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ ixgb_link_reset(struct ixgb_hw *hw)
  *
  * hw - Struct containing variables accessed by shared code
  *****************************************************************************/
-void
+static void
 ixgb_optics_reset(struct ixgb_hw *hw)
 {
 	if (hw->phy_type == ixgb_phy_type_txn17401) {
drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c +4 -7
index d444de5..e564335 100644
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ static char ixgb_driver_string[] = "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Network Driver";
 #define DRIVERNAPI "-NAPI"
 #endif
 #define DRV_VERSION		"1.0.126-k2"DRIVERNAPI
-char ixgb_driver_version[] = DRV_VERSION;
-static char ixgb_copyright[] = "Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.";
+const char ixgb_driver_version[] = DRV_VERSION;
+static const char ixgb_copyright[] = "Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.";
 
 /* ixgb_pci_tbl - PCI Device ID Table
  *

@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ static boolean_t ixgb_clean_rx_irq(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter,
 static boolean_t ixgb_clean_rx_irq(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter);
 #endif
 static void ixgb_alloc_rx_buffers(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter);
-void ixgb_set_ethtool_ops(struct net_device *netdev);
 static void ixgb_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev);
 static void ixgb_tx_timeout_task(struct work_struct *work);
 static void ixgb_vlan_rx_register(struct net_device *netdev,

@@ -123,9 +122,6 @@ static pci_ers_result_t ixgb_io_error_detected (struct pci_dev *pdev,
 static pci_ers_result_t ixgb_io_slot_reset (struct pci_dev *pdev);
 static void ixgb_io_resume (struct pci_dev *pdev);
 
-/* Exported from other modules */
-extern void ixgb_check_options(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter);
-
 static struct pci_error_handlers ixgb_err_handler = {
 	.error_detected = ixgb_io_error_detected,
 	.slot_reset = ixgb_io_slot_reset,

@@ -1085,7 +1081,8 @@ ixgb_set_multi(struct net_device *netdev)
 		rctl |= IXGB_RCTL_MPE;
 		IXGB_WRITE_REG(hw, RCTL, rctl);
 	} else {
-		uint8_t mta[netdev->mc_count * IXGB_ETH_LENGTH_OF_ADDRESS];
+		uint8_t mta[IXGB_MAX_NUM_MULTICAST_ADDRESSES *
+			    IXGB_ETH_LENGTH_OF_ADDRESS];
 
 		IXGB_WRITE_REG(hw, RCTL, rctl);
drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_param.c +22 -21

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#2 lore raw

PATCH 3/4 e1000: sparse warnings fixes

In reply to Auke Kok

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>

Fix sparse warnings and problems from e1000 driver.

Added a sparse fix for the module param array index -- Auke

Signed-off-by Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Auke Kok <[email protected]>

---

 drivers/net/e1000/e1000.h         |    8 ++++++++
 drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c |   29 ++++++++++++-----------------
 drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c      |    4 ++--
 drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c    |    7 ++-----
 drivers/net/e1000/e1000_param.c   |   23 ++++++++++++-----------
 5 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
drivers/net/e1000/e1000.h +8 -0
index 781ed99..3b84028 100644
@@ -351,4 +351,12 @@ enum e1000_state_t {
 	__E1000_DOWN
 };
 
+extern char e1000_driver_name[];
+extern const char e1000_driver_version[];
+
+extern void e1000_power_up_phy(struct e1000_adapter *);
+extern void e1000_set_ethtool_ops(struct net_device *netdev);
+extern void e1000_check_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter);
+
+
 #endif /* _E1000_H_ */
drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c +12 -17
index 6c9a643..667f18b 100644
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
-extern char e1000_driver_name[];
-extern char e1000_driver_version[];
-
 extern int e1000_up(struct e1000_adapter *adapter);
 extern void e1000_down(struct e1000_adapter *adapter);
 extern void e1000_reinit_locked(struct e1000_adapter *adapter);

@@ -733,16 +730,16 @@ err_setup:
 
 #define REG_PATTERN_TEST(R, M, W)                                              \
 {                                                                              \
-	uint32_t pat, value;                                                   \
-	uint32_t test[] =                                                      \
+	uint32_t pat, val;                                                     \
+	const uint32_t test[] = 					       \
 		{0x5A5A5A5A, 0xA5A5A5A5, 0x00000000, 0xFFFFFFFF};              \
-	for (pat = 0; pat < ARRAY_SIZE(test); pat++) {              \
+	for (pat = 0; pat < ARRAY_SIZE(test); pat++) {           	       \
 		E1000_WRITE_REG(&adapter->hw, R, (test[pat] & W));             \
-		value = E1000_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, R);                       \
-		if (value != (test[pat] & W & M)) {                             \
+		val = E1000_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, R);                         \
+		if (val != (test[pat] & W & M)) {                              \
 			DPRINTK(DRV, ERR, "pattern test reg %04X failed: got " \
 			        "0x%08X expected 0x%08X\n",                    \
-			        E1000_##R, value, (test[pat] & W & M));        \
+			        E1000_##R, val, (test[pat] & W & M));          \
 			*data = (adapter->hw.mac_type < e1000_82543) ?         \
 				E1000_82542_##R : E1000_##R;                   \
 			return 1;                                              \

@@ -752,12 +749,12 @@ err_setup:
 
 #define REG_SET_AND_CHECK(R, M, W)                                             \
 {                                                                              \
-	uint32_t value;                                                        \
+	uint32_t val;                                                          \
 	E1000_WRITE_REG(&adapter->hw, R, W & M);                               \
-	value = E1000_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, R);                               \
-	if ((W & M) != (value & M)) {                                          \
+	val = E1000_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, R);                                 \
+	if ((W & M) != (val & M)) {                                            \
 		DPRINTK(DRV, ERR, "set/check reg %04X test failed: got 0x%08X "\
-		        "expected 0x%08X\n", E1000_##R, (value & M), (W & M)); \
+		        "expected 0x%08X\n", E1000_##R, (val & M), (W & M));   \
 		*data = (adapter->hw.mac_type < e1000_82543) ?                 \
 			E1000_82542_##R : E1000_##R;                           \
 		return 1;                                                      \

@@ -1621,8 +1618,6 @@ e1000_get_sset_count(struct net_device *netdev, int sset)
 	}
 }
 
-extern void e1000_power_up_phy(struct e1000_adapter *);
-
 static void
 e1000_diag_test(struct net_device *netdev,
 		   struct ethtool_test *eth_test, uint64_t *data)

@@ -1859,8 +1854,8 @@ e1000_phys_id(struct net_device *netdev, uint32_t data)
 {
 	struct e1000_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
-	if (!data || data > (uint32_t)(MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ))
-		data = (uint32_t)(MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ);
+	if (!data)
+		data = INT_MAX;
 
 	if (adapter->hw.mac_type < e1000_82571) {
 		if (!adapter->blink_timer.function) {
drivers/net/e1000/e1000_hw.c +2 -2
index 8fa0fe4..7c6888c 100644
@@ -8607,7 +8607,7 @@ e1000_read_ich8_data(struct e1000_hw *hw, uint32_t index,
 
     DEBUGFUNC("e1000_read_ich8_data");
 
-    if (size < 1  || size > 2 || data == 0x0 ||
+    if (size < 1  || size > 2 || data == NULL ||
         index > ICH_FLASH_LINEAR_ADDR_MASK)
         return error;
 

@@ -8841,7 +8841,7 @@ e1000_read_ich8_word(struct e1000_hw *hw, uint32_t index, uint16_t *data)
  * amount of NVM used in each bank is a *minimum* of 4 KBytes, but in fact the
  * bank size may be 4, 8 or 64 KBytes
  *****************************************************************************/
-int32_t
+static int32_t
 e1000_erase_ich8_4k_segment(struct e1000_hw *hw, uint32_t bank)
 {
     union ich8_hws_flash_status hsfsts;
drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c +2 -5
index f1ce348..72deff0 100644
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ static char e1000_driver_string[] = "Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver";
 #define DRIVERNAPI "-NAPI"
 #endif
 #define DRV_VERSION "7.3.20-k2"DRIVERNAPI
-char e1000_driver_version[] = DRV_VERSION;
-static char e1000_copyright[] = "Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.";
+const char e1000_driver_version[] = DRV_VERSION;
+static const char e1000_copyright[] = "Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.";
 
 /* e1000_pci_tbl - PCI Device ID Table
  *

@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ static void e1000_alloc_rx_buffers_ps(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 static int e1000_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd);
 static int e1000_mii_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev, struct ifreq *ifr,
 			   int cmd);
-void e1000_set_ethtool_ops(struct net_device *netdev);
 static void e1000_enter_82542_rst(struct e1000_adapter *adapter);
 static void e1000_leave_82542_rst(struct e1000_adapter *adapter);
 static void e1000_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev);

@@ -213,8 +212,6 @@ static void e1000_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev);
 static void e1000_netpoll (struct net_device *netdev);
 #endif
 
-extern void e1000_check_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter);
-
 #define COPYBREAK_DEFAULT 256
 static unsigned int copybreak __read_mostly = COPYBREAK_DEFAULT;
 module_param(copybreak, uint, 0644);
drivers/net/e1000/e1000_param.c +12 -11
index f485874..e6565ce 100644
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 #define E1000_PARAM_INIT { [0 ... E1000_MAX_NIC] = OPTION_UNSET }
 #define E1000_PARAM(X, desc) \
 	static int __devinitdata X[E1000_MAX_NIC+1] = E1000_PARAM_INIT; \
-	static int num_##X = 0; \
+	static unsigned int num_##X; \
 	module_param_array_named(X, X, int, &num_##X, 0); \
 	MODULE_PARM_DESC(X, desc);
 

@@ -198,9 +198,9 @@ E1000_PARAM(KumeranLockLoss, "Enable Kumeran lock loss workaround");
 
 struct e1000_option {
 	enum { enable_option, range_option, list_option } type;
-	char *name;
-	char *err;
-	int  def;
+	const char *name;
+	const char *err;
+	int def;
 	union {
 		struct { /* range_option info */
 			int min;

@@ -214,8 +214,9 @@ struct e1000_option {
 };
 
 static int __devinit
-e1000_validate_option(int *value, struct e1000_option *opt,
-		struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
+e1000_validate_option(unsigned int *value,
+		      const struct e1000_option *opt,
+		      struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	if (*value == OPTION_UNSET) {
 		*value = opt->def;

@@ -348,7 +349,7 @@ e1000_check_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 		};
 
 		if (num_XsumRX > bd) {
-			int rx_csum = XsumRX[bd];
+			unsigned int rx_csum = XsumRX[bd];
 			e1000_validate_option(&rx_csum, &opt, adapter);
 			adapter->rx_csum = rx_csum;
 		} else {

@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ e1000_check_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 		};
 
 		if (num_FlowControl > bd) {
-			int fc = FlowControl[bd];
+			unsigned int fc = FlowControl[bd];
 			e1000_validate_option(&fc, &opt, adapter);
 			adapter->hw.fc = adapter->hw.original_fc = fc;
 		} else {

@@ -506,7 +507,7 @@ e1000_check_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 		};
 
 		if (num_SmartPowerDownEnable > bd) {
-			int spd = SmartPowerDownEnable[bd];
+			unsigned int spd = SmartPowerDownEnable[bd];
 			e1000_validate_option(&spd, &opt, adapter);
 			adapter->smart_power_down = spd;
 		} else {

@@ -522,7 +523,7 @@ e1000_check_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 		};
 
 		if (num_KumeranLockLoss > bd) {
-			int kmrn_lock_loss = KumeranLockLoss[bd];
+			unsigned int kmrn_lock_loss = KumeranLockLoss[bd];
 			e1000_validate_option(&kmrn_lock_loss, &opt, adapter);
 			adapter->hw.kmrn_lock_loss_workaround_disabled = !kmrn_lock_loss;
 		} else {

@@ -581,7 +582,7 @@ e1000_check_fiber_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 static void __devinit
 e1000_check_copper_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 {
-	int speed, dplx, an;
+	unsigned int speed, dplx, an;
 	int bd = adapter->bd_number;
 
 	{ /* Speed */
author
#3 lore raw

PATCH 4/4 ixgbe: minor sparse fixes

In reply to Auke Kok

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>

Make strings const if possible, and fix includes so forward definitions are seen.

Signed-off-by Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Auke Kok <[email protected]>

---

 drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe.h       |    2 +-
 drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82598.c |    3 +--
 drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c  |    9 +++++----
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe.h +1 -1
index c160a7d..bc51432 100644
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ extern struct ixgbe_info ixgbe_82598EB_info;
 extern struct ixgbe_info ixgbe_82598AT_info;
 
 extern char ixgbe_driver_name[];
-extern char ixgbe_driver_version[];
+extern const char ixgbe_driver_version[];
 
 extern int ixgbe_up(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter);
 extern void ixgbe_down(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter);
drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82598.c +1 -2
index 00ee201..4d64673 100644
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 
-#include "ixgbe_type.h"
-#include "ixgbe_common.h"
+#include "ixgbe.h"
 #include "ixgbe_phy.h"
 
 #define IXGBE_82598_MAX_TX_QUEUES 32
drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c +5 -4
index b75f1c6..00bc525 100644
@@ -45,12 +45,13 @@
 #include "ixgbe_common.h"
 
 char ixgbe_driver_name[] = "ixgbe";
-static char ixgbe_driver_string[] =
-			"Intel(R) 10 Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver";
+static const char ixgbe_driver_string[] =
+	"Intel(R) 10 Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver";
 
 #define DRV_VERSION "1.1.18"
-char ixgbe_driver_version[] = DRV_VERSION;
-static char ixgbe_copyright[] = "Copyright (c) 1999-2007 Intel Corporation.";
+const char ixgbe_driver_version[] = DRV_VERSION;
+static const char ixgbe_copyright[] =
+	 "Copyright (c) 1999-2007 Intel Corporation.";
 
 static const struct ixgbe_info *ixgbe_info_tbl[] = {
 	[board_82598AF]			= &ixgbe_82598AF_info,
#4 lore raw

Re: [PATCH 4/4] ixgbe: minor sparse fixes

Quoted 5 lines · Auke Kok

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>

Make strings const if possible, and fix includes so forward definitions are seen.

Quoted 8 lines
Signed-off-by Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Auke Kok <[email protected]>

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 drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe.h       |    2 +-
 drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82598.c |    3 +--
 drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c  |    9 +++++----
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

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