linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove #warnings for longstanding conditions.

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Message-ID: <20071025095205.GB22353@pingi.kke.suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:52:05 +0200
From:	Karsten Keil <kkeil@...e.de>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, willy@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove #warnings for longstanding conditions.

On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 04:06:15AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> These two warnings...
> 
> drivers/isdn/capi/capidrv.c:2126:3: warning: #warning FIXME: maybe a
> race condition the card should be removed here from global list /kkeil
> 
> drivers/scsi/advansys.c:71:2: warning: #warning this driver is still
> not properly converted to the DMA API
> 
> ...represent conditions that have existed for years, and are duly noted
> in FIXMEs.  There does not seem to be much need to warn on every kernel
> build for a driver bug or handicap that has existed for years.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...hat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/isdn/capi/capidrv.c |    3 ++-

Acked.

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Karsten Keil
SuSE Labs
ISDN and VOIP development
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