linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fail kernel compilation in case of unresolved symbols (v2)

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Date:	Fri, 8 Sep 2006 12:58:12 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Chris Wedgwood <cw@...f.org>
Cc:	Kirill Korotaev <dev@...nvz.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrey Mirkin <amirkin@...ru>, devel@...nvz.org,
	mikpe@...uu.se, sam@...nborg.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fail kernel compilation in case of unresolved symbols (v2)

On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 05:13:25PM -0700, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 02:03:09PM +0400, Kirill Korotaev wrote:
> 
> > At stage 2 modpost utility is used to check modules.  In case of
> > unresolved symbols modpost only prints warning.
> 
> please don't, i get bogus warnings for some drivers when
> cross-compiling, this would create problems for little or no gain

Can you give an example of such a bogus warning?

cu
Adrian

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