linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mac80211: check endianness/types in sparse runs

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Date:	Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:02:37 +0100
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	John Linville <linville@...driver.com>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@...imi.it>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: check endianness/types in sparse runs


> > In any case, I would love to have __CHECK_ENDIAN__ enabled by default at
> > least on the wireless code (just caught another bug with it...)
> 
> So build with make C=2 -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ net/ieee80211/, etc. - it's not
> that such a script would be tricky...

It's not that I don't know how to do it... it's that I don't want to
educate each person who gives me patches about sparse AND the check
endian stuff etc.

johannes

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