conversion to non-scalar type requested
 

Hi,

When i compile a code snippet , i receive one error...

error: conversion to non-scalar type requested


Code:


/* DDR Config3 register */

typedef struct config3 {
uint32 cfg_startup_delay:17;
uint32 reserved:15;
}ddr_config3;


void main()
{
ddr_config3 ddrconfig3;
ddrconfig3 = (ddr_config3 )ddr2_reg_read ((uint32)DDR_CONFIG3);

.....
.....
.....


}
static inline uint32 ddr2_reg_read (uint32 reg)
{
volatile uint32 *reg_addr = (uint32 *) (DDR2_BASE + reg);
return *reg_addr;
}

the error was in
ddrconfig3 = (ddr_config3 )ddr2_reg_read ((uint32)DDR_CONFIG3);

Thanks

You're trying to convert the (scalar) value returned by ddr2_reg_read to a struct, and the compiler is telling you that it doesn't "know' how to do that.

I suspect that your intention was either to set one component or the structure to the value returned, or to have the function return a structure. (In the later case, you would not need the cast.)

You are trying to convert an uint32 (an integer that's 32 bit in length, I suppose) to a structure containing two uint32.
What do you expect the compiler to do with that? I would do exactly like him: complain that it can't.