Jay Vaughan <jv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > gcc: gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release) > > i get these warnings on a project i'm trying to port using > arm-linux-gcc .. is there some place i can find a more detailed > description of what these warnings mean and how i can clean them up? i > am having problems with my project and suspect that it is related to > these prototypes being mis-handled as the function declaration, > instead of just being handled as a prototype .. The warning means that the code does something like this: extern int foo (); The warning message will include a file name and line number you can use to see where this is happening. You can turn off the warning with -Wno-strict-prototypes (or simply by omitting -Wstrict-prototypes). Ian