Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751132AbVKSAkg (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Nov 2005 19:40:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751133AbVKSAkg (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Nov 2005 19:40:36 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:43403 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751132AbVKSAkg (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Nov 2005 19:40:36 -0500 Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 19:39:08 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: Andrew Morton , "David S. Miller" , bunk@stusta.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] mark virt_to_bus/bus_to_virt as __deprecated on i386 Message-ID: <20051119003908.GK3881@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Sam Ravnborg , Andrew Morton , "David S. Miller" , bunk@stusta.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20051118024433.GN11494@stusta.de> <20051117185529.31d33192.akpm@osdl.org> <20051118031751.GA2773@redhat.com> <20051117.194239.37311109.davem@davemloft.net> <20051117200354.6acb3599.akpm@osdl.org> <20051119003435.GA29775@mars.ravnborg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051119003435.GA29775@mars.ravnborg.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1078 Lines: 27 On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 01:34:35AM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 08:03:54PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > "David S. Miller" wrote: > > > > > > The deprecated warnings are so easy to filter out, so I don't think > > > noise is a good argument. I see them all the time too. > > > > That works for you and me. But how to train all those people who write > > warny patches? > > Would it work to use -Werror only on some parts of the kernel. > Thinking of teaching kbuild to recursively apply a flags to gcc. Only if you also add a load of gcc switches to disable some of the more pointless warnings, and also can live with released kernels breaking each time a new gcc gets released. It's an uphill battle, which is why I only suggested it in a humourous context. Dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/