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Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:16:16 -0800
From: Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com>
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       Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Subject: Re: 2.6.11.3 build problem in arch/alpha/kernel/srcons.c with gcc-4.0
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Andrew Morton wrote:
> Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com> wrote:
> 
>>Anyone with an alpha care to suggest a fix for this?
>>
>>arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c: In function 'srmcons_open':
>>arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c:196: warning: 'srmconsp' may be used uninitialized in this function
>>make[1]: *** [arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.o] Error 1
>>make: *** [arch/alpha/kernel] Error 2
>>
>>I get this when building the 2.6.11.3 kernel with a recent gcc-4.0 snapshot.
>>
> 
> 
> It's beyond gcc's ability to figure out that the code is OK.  Options would
> be to disable -Werror, or to artificially initialise that variable.

I'll initialize it to something - guess it doesn't matter what.

Thanks,
Dan


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