Hi Michael. On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 09:49:48AM -0700, m silverstri wrote: > Hi, > > I read http://kernelnewbies.org/Sparse and try to run sparse tool. > > As a test, I run it on raspberry-pi/linux code base, by doing " make > C=2 drivers/staging/wlan-ng/", what I get is it asks me a list of > configuration question and it does not run sparse for me. How can I > bypass this setting up configuration and run sparse for the code? You cannot build the kernel source before the kernel is properly configured. You can use one of the shortcuts if you just want to build test this: make allyesconfig or make allmodconfig This will configure your kernel and allow you to build the wlan-ng/ drivers. And when you can build the drivers then you can also run sparse. Sam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-sparse" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html