Bug 233647 – missing casts in kernel header file cause vmware module build to fail

Bug 233647 - missing casts in kernel header file cause vmware module build to fail

Summary:	missing casts in kernel header file cause vmware module build to fail

Status:	CLOSED DEFERRED

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	rawhide
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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QA Contact:	Brian Brock
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Reported:	2007-03-23 11:54 EDT by Jonathan Kamens
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:11 EST (History)
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Last Closed:	2007-03-26 01:39:41 EDT
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Description Jonathan Kamens 2007-03-23 11:54:26 EDT

The call to __cpuid in the cpuid_count function in asm-i386/processor.h needs to
cast the four arguments to __cpuid to unsigned int *, to avoid a type warning
when  this header file is used.  This is harmless most of the time, but harmful
when it is used while trying to build vmware modules, since the module build
code treats warnings as errors and hence draws incorrect conclusions about the
availability of various kernel features.

Comment 1 Dave Jones 2007-03-26 01:39:41 EDT

The warnings will be turned off before release.
Building release versions of code with -Werror is a really bad idea anyway.

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