Version 4.2.4 of gcc produces the following warnings without this change: mkimage.c: In function ‘main’: mkimage.c:204: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules mkimage.c:222: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules

Signed-off-by: Peter Tyser ptyser@xes-inc.com --- tools/mkimage.c | 8 +++----- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/mkimage.c b/tools/mkimage.c index 5c3e872..f5859d7 100644 --- a/tools/mkimage.c +++ b/tools/mkimage.c @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) { int ifd = -1; struct stat sbuf; - unsigned char *ptr; + char *ptr; int retval = 0; struct image_type_params *tparams = NULL;

@@ -201,8 +201,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) case 'a': if (--argc <= 0) usage (); - params.addr = strtoul (*++argv, - (char **)&ptr, 16); + params.addr = strtoul (*++argv, &ptr, 16); if (*ptr) { fprintf (stderr, "%s: invalid load address %s\n", @@ -219,8 +218,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) case 'e': if (--argc <= 0) usage (); - params.ep = strtoul (*++argv, - (char **)&ptr, 16); + params.ep = strtoul (*++argv, &ptr, 16); if (*ptr) { fprintf (stderr, "%s: invalid entry point %s\n",