On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 08:33:27AM +0100, Holger Schurig wrote: > > Sparse is another tool which can be used while building the > > kernel to increase the build time checking, but it can be > > quite noisy, so please only look at stuff which pops up for > > your specific area. > > To get rid of some of the warnings, you can analyze only the > parts of the source that you're working on. You just need sparse > in your PATH and issue: > > $ make SUBDIRS=arch/arm/mach-mx2 C=2 > > > Unfortunately, the arm tree is a bit different to mainline linux, > because > > $ make SUBDIRS=arch/arm C=2 > arch/arm/Makefile:31: *** Recursive variable `KBUILD_CFLAGS' > references itself (eventually). Stop. > make: *** [_module_arch/arm] Error 2 Line 31 is the KBUILD_CFLAGS line of: ifeq ($(CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER),y) KBUILD_CFLAGS +=-fno-omit-frame-pointer -mapcs -mno-sched-prolog endif which is _not_ a recursive definition. Either your make is broken or you have local changes to that line. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
