From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ht-lab Subject: Re: [PATCH] Ansi-C compatibility fixes Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 09:45:14 +0100 Message-ID: <500BBD9A.8020407@ht-lab.com> References: Reply-To: hans64@ht-lab.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-8086-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Juan Perez-Sanchez Cc: linux-8086 Hi Juan, You seem to be doing a lot of good work, I would be interested to hear what it is that you are working on, Regards, Hans www.ht-lab.com On 19/07/2012 23:37, Juan Perez-Sanchez wrote: > Hi, > > > This patch makes another round of fixes to improve ansi-C > compatibility, this time using the open-watcom compiler. An effort was > done to make the right changes to code, not just wipe out the errors > or warnings. For example, if prototypes, definition and usage of > functions differ, examined the purpose and uses of the function to > determine the right fix. > > The partial list of fixes includes: > > - Missing prototypes of functions. > - Assignment of variables without appropriate casting. > - Inadequate typing of variables. > - Differences in definition, prototypes and use. > - Functions defined to return some value but did not return anything. > - Definition of zero length arrays. > > Code size is unchanged. > > The Image builded without errors. The kernel was tested with QEMU and > dioscuri emulators. Also in a PPro pc booting from floppy. > > Greetings, > > Juan