[PATCH] mpparse.c:231: warning: comparison is always false

[Jarek Poplawski]

Hello,

Probably after 2.6.18-rc6-git1 there is this cc warning: 
"arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c:231: warning: comparison is
always false due to limited range of data type".
Maybe this patch will be helpful.

Jarek P.


diff -Nurp linux-2.6.18-rc6-git4-/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c linux-2.6.18-rc6-git4/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c
--- linux-2.6.18-rc6-git4-/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c	2006-09-13 00:01:00.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.18-rc6-git4/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c	2006-09-13 00:01:00.000000000 +0200
@@ -228,12 +228,14 @@ static void __init MP_bus_info (struct m
 
 	mpc_oem_bus_info(m, str, translation_table[mpc_record]);
 
+#if 0xFF >= MAX_MP_BUSSES
 	if (m->mpc_busid >= MAX_MP_BUSSES) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "MP table busid value (%d) for bustype %s "
 			" is too large, max. supported is %d\n",
 			m->mpc_busid, str, MAX_MP_BUSSES - 1);
 		return;
 	}
+#endif
 
 	if (strncmp(str, BUSTYPE_ISA, sizeof(BUSTYPE_ISA)-1) == 0) {
 		mp_bus_id_to_type[m->mpc_busid] = MP_BUS_ISA;
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