Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 09:38:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 09:38:49 -0400 Received: from [62.70.58.70] ([62.70.58.70]:14731 "EHLO mail.pronto.tv") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 09:38:48 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk Organization: ProntoTV AS To: Muli Ben-Yehuda , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: PATCH: compile the kernel with -Werror Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 15:41:37 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.1 Cc: William Lee Irwin III , linux-kernel References: <20020713102615.H739@alhambra.actcom.co.il> In-Reply-To: <20020713102615.H739@alhambra.actcom.co.il> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: <200207131541.37310.roy@karlsbakk.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 875 Lines: 23 On Saturday 13 July 2002 09:26, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: > A full kernel compilation, especially when using the -j switch to > make, can cause warnings to "fly off the screen" without the user > noticing them. For example, wli's patch lazy_buddy.2.5.25-1 of today > had a missing return statement in a function returning non void, which > the compiler probably complained about but the warning got lost in the > noise (a little birdie told me wli used -j64). Why not add a menu item under kernel hacking? roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, Datavaktmester Computers are like air conditioners. They stop working when you open Windows. - 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/