Re: Linux 2.6.27.27

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>]

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> Anyway, I bet we can work around the compiler bug by just changing the 
> type of "i" from "unsigned char" to be a plain "int".

IOW, like this.

		Linus

---
 drivers/video/fbmon.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbmon.c b/drivers/video/fbmon.c
index 5c1a2c0..af4a15c 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbmon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbmon.c
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ static void fix_edid(unsigned char *edid, int fix)
 
 static int edid_checksum(unsigned char *edid)
 {
-	unsigned char i, csum = 0, all_null = 0;
-	int err = 0, fix = check_edid(edid);
+	unsigned csum = 0, all_null = 0;
+	int i, err = 0, fix = check_edid(edid);
 
 	if (fix)
 		fix_edid(edid, fix);