From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Neil Booth Subject: Re: Sparse and the Google Summer of Code 2008 Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:19:37 +0900 Message-ID: <20080312151937.GA29685@daikokuya.co.uk> References: <47D6CD7F.6010800@kernel.org> <47D734C2.1020903@knosof.co.uk> <47D75C05.4090807@kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from x233132.dynamic.ppp.asahi-net.or.jp ([122.249.233.132]:7445 "HELO daikokuya.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751560AbYCLPZ6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:25:58 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47D75C05.4090807@kernel.org> Sender: linux-sparse-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org To: Josh Triplett Cc: Derek M Jones , linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org Josh Triplett wrote:- > To clarify, I wouldn't expect a student project to do everything > necessary to complete any of the areas I mentioned. I wouldn't expect > complete handling of contexts, or a complete port of an extensive test > suite. Of course, the real goal should be not a testsuite port to sparse, but a testsuite full stop. One that works with trivial tweaks for any given compiler. That would be of much more value than a "port" to sparse or anything else. Neil.