Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754705Ab1D0IWb (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:22:31 -0400 Received: from pfepa.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.235]:60553 "EHLO pfepa.post.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752302Ab1D0IW2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:22:28 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:22:26 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Borislav Petkov , Michal Marek , linux-kbuild , LKML , Dave Jones Subject: Re: [PATCH v3.1] kbuild: implement several W= levels Message-ID: <20110427082226.GB5726@merkur.ravnborg.org> References: <20110422110947.GA20715@merkur.ravnborg.org> <1303494642-18594-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de> <4DB72283.5000108@suse.cz> <20110426204307.GA15315@liondog.tnic> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110426204307.GA15315@liondog.tnic> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1388 Lines: 37 On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:43:07PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 09:52:35PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote: > > On 22.4.2011 19:50, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > > From: Sam Ravnborg > > > > > > Building a kernel with "make W=1" produce far too much noise > > > to be usefull. > > > > > > Divide the warning options in three groups: > > > > > > W=1 - warnings that may be relevant and does not occur too often > > > W=2 - warnings that occur quite often but may still be relevant > > > W=3 - the more obscure warnings, can most likely be ignored > > > > > > When building init/ on my box the levels produces: > > > > > > W=1 - 46 warnings > > > W=2 - 863 warnings > > > W=3 - 6496 warnings > > > > I guess these numbers are not valid after your changes? Not that the > > exact numbers are important, but maybe the distribution change? > > I think so too that those numbers don't mean a lot. The numbers _only_ tell you that the amoun of warnings on W=1 is down to a manageable number and they increase be the higher level. Will you cook up a more correct changelog and resubmit? Sam -- 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/