[KJ] Output of make buildcheck

[KJ] Output of make buildcheck

[Gabriel A. Devenyi]

Hello All,

I was wondering if anyone knew what the output of make buildcheck 
actually means, or where documentation is that describes the output. 
Here's an example:
Error: ./mm/slab.o .data refers to 00000158 R_386_32          .init.text

Thanks for your help!


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Re: [KJ] Output of make buildcheck

[Nish Aravamudan]

On 8/11/05, Gabriel A. Devenyi <ace@staticwave.ca> wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I was wondering if anyone knew what the output of make buildcheck
> actually means, or where documentation is that describes the output.
> Here's an example:
> Error: ./mm/slab.o .data refers to 00000158 R_386_32          .init.text

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

> Thanks for your help!

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.

Thanks,
Nish

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Re: [KJ] Output of make buildcheck

[Gabriel Devenyi]

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.

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Re: [KJ] Output of make buildcheck

[Alexey Dobriyan]

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On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 06:39:48PM -0400, Gabriel Devenyi wrote:
> 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?

bkbit [1] for "buildcheck". It will give you some examples but not much.

> I try to google and read available documentation before posting
> a question, so telling me to read documentation doesn't help much.

[1] http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6


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