On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 03:45:12PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > 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> Applied Sam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
