linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHSET] nfs endianness annotations

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Date:	Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:32:02 +1000
From:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
To:	Grant Coady <gcoady.lk@...il.com>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] nfs endianness annotations

On Thursday October 19, grant_lkml@...o.com.au wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:26:00 +0100, Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> >Folks, seriously, please run sparse after changes; it's a simple matter of
> >make C=2 CF=-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ fs/nfs*/; nothing tricky and it saves a lot
> >of potential PITA...
> 
> grant@...pro:~/linux/linux-2.6.19-rc2a$ make C=2 CF=-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ fs/nfs*/;
>   CHK     include/linux/version.h
>   CHK     include/linux/utsrelease.h
>   CHECK   scripts/mod/empty.c
> /bin/sh: sparse: command not found
> make[2]: *** [scripts/mod/empty.o] Error 127
> make[1]: *** [scripts/mod] Error 2
> make: *** [scripts] Error 2
> 
> What sparse?  Pointer please?  Hell of a keyword to search for :(
> 
> Thanks,
> Grant.

git clone  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/sparse/sparse.git
cd sparse
make
make install


Of course you need git first ... not "GNU Interactive Tools", but
Linus' SCM.  Most distros have it.

NeilBrown


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