On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 22:27 -0300, Rafael Aquini wrote: > @@ -411,36 +406,32 @@ static inline void __initialize_port_locks(struct port *port) > */ > static u16 __ad_timer_to_ticks(u16 timer_type, u16 par) > { > - u16 retval = 0; /* to silence the compiler */ > + u16 retval = 0; I think it's not good to remove this sort of comment. (there are others like it) Another option might be to add __maybe_unused -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html