From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gabriel Devenyi Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 22:39:48 +0000 Subject: Re: [KJ] Output of make buildcheck Message-Id: <200508111839.48493.ace@staticwave.ca> List-Id: References: <42FBB9EE.5040307@staticwave.ca> In-Reply-To: <42FBB9EE.5040307@staticwave.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org On August 11, 2005 17:22, Nish Aravamudan wrote: > Consider using make help (or read the Makefile): > > Static analysers > buildcheck - List dangling references to vmlinux discarded sections > and init sections from non-init sections The problem is that means nothing to me, what do the numbers mean? Whats a sample bug and fix? I try to google and read available documentation before posting a question, so telling me to read documentation doesn't help much. > Why have we been having this rash of cross-postings to KJ and KN? They > are very different lists with different purposes. If you have a > janitorial patch or question, it goes to KJ; if you have a general > kernel question, it goes to KN. This *is* in fact a question that applies to both KJ and KN, as this is a newbie question (I'm just starting) and make buildcheck is something suggested by KJ to list errors that need fixing. -- Gabriel Devenyi ace@staticwave.ca _______________________________________________ Kernel-janitors mailing list Kernel-janitors@lists.osdl.org https://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel-janitors