On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 09:35:29AM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote: > Add a 'W=1' Makefile switch which adds additional checking per build > object. > > The idea behind this option is targeted at developers who, in the > process of writing their code, want to do the occasional > > make W=1 [target.o] > > and let gcc do more extensive code checking for them. Then, they > could eyeball the output for valid gcc warnings about various > bugs/discrepancies which are not reported during the normal build > process. > > For more background information and a use case, read through this > thread: http://marc.info/?l=kernel-janitors&m=129802065918147&w=2 > > -v5: Document internal kbuild variable which is introduced by this. > Simplify assignment. Thanks, applied to kbuild-2.6.git#packaging. If someone comes up with a good selection of warnings for W=1 and W=2, we can change it later. Michal -- 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
