linux-kernel - Re: [REVIEW for merge] kbuild updates including silence of section mismatch check

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Date:	Wed, 6 Feb 2008 21:58:23 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>
Cc:	linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [REVIEW for merge] kbuild updates including silence of section mismatch check

On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 11:38:49AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > The most visible change is that I have made all the section mismatch
> > go away and in the end of the build modpost report the number
> > of section mismatch warnings and how to see detail.
> > 
> > The typical output is now:
> > 
> > modpost: Found 35 section mismatch(es).
> > To see full details build your kernel with:
> > 'make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y'
> 
> Can we get a `warning' string literal in that message, so I notice it when
> grepping for compiler warnings?
> 
> ... Ah, there already exists a warn() routine, so let's use it.
> 
> Subject: modpost: Use warn() for announcing section mismatches

Fair enough. Applied.

	Sam
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