Documentation/sparse.txt tells to use:
make C=2 CHECKFLAGS="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__"
However, this still doesn't enable endian checks. The correct syntax is:
make C=2 CF="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__"
This documentation bug was introduced by the following commit:
commit 1c7bafe7206d928eaccbcbd08d868733e0fb7054
Author: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Sep 13 07:57:50 2006 -0400
kbuild: clarify "make C=" build option
Clarify the use of "make C=" in the top-level Makefile, and fix a
typo in the Documentation file.
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
This `typo' was not a typo, as `CF' had been introduced much earlier, by:
commit 7b49bb9aff8b14d15da58111d8908c877c0a525e
Author: viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Sep 9 21:14:35 2005 +0100
[PATCH] kbuild: CF=<arguments> passes arguments to sparse
Allows to add to sparse arguments without mutilating makefiles - just
pass CF=<arguments> and they will be added to CHECKFLAGS.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/sparse.txt | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/sparse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sparse.txt
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ recompiled, or use "make C=2" to run spa
be recompiled or not. The latter is a fast way to check the whole tree if you
have already built it.
-The optional make variable CHECKFLAGS can be used to pass arguments to sparse.
-The build system passes -Wbitwise to sparse automatically. To perform
-endianness checks, you may define __CHECK_ENDIAN__:
+The optional make variable CF can be used to pass arguments to sparse. The
+build system passes -Wbitwise to sparse automatically. To perform endianness
+checks, you may define __CHECK_ENDIAN__:
- make C=2 CHECKFLAGS="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__"
+ make C=2 CF="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__"
These checks are disabled by default as they generate a host of warnings.
With kind regards,
Geert Uytterhoeven
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