In current 2.6.23-rc1+git, make bootimage gives the following warnings
while compiling objstrip.c. The patch below fixes these warnings by
casting strncmp argument to char * - it does not seem feasible to change
its type in struct elfhdr.
HOSTCC arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip
arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c: In function 'main':
arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:147: warning: pointer targets in passing
argument 1 of 'strlen' differ in signedness
arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:147: warning: pointer targets in passing
argument 1 of 'strlen' differ in signedness
arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:147: warning: pointer targets in passing
argument 1 of '__builtin_strcmp' differ in signedness
arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:147: warning: pointer targets in passing
argument 1 of 'strlen' differ in signedness
arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:147: warning: pointer targets in passing
argument 1 of '__builtin_strcmp' differ in signedness
arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:147: warning: pointer targets in passing
argument 1 of '__builtin_strcmp' differ in signedness
arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:147: warning: pointer targets in passing
argument 1 of '__builtin_strcmp' differ in signedness
arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c:147: warning: pointer targets in passing
argument 1 of 'strncmp' differ in signedness
Signed-off-by: Meelis Roos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
diff --git a/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c b/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c
index 96154e7..ef18382 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
#ifdef __ELF__
elf = (struct elfhdr *) buf;
- if (elf->e_ident[0] == 0x7f && strncmp(elf->e_ident + 1, "ELF", 3) == 0) {
+ if (elf->e_ident[0] == 0x7f && strncmp((char *)elf->e_ident + 1, "ELF", 3)
== 0) {
if (elf->e_type != ET_EXEC) {
fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s is not an ELF executable\n",
prog_name, inname);
--
Meelis Roos ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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