Re: [2.6 patch] add -Werror-implicit-function-declaration to CFLAGS

Adrian Bunk
2005-11-11T20:20:10Z

On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 09:18:49PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>...
> But in this case -Werror-implicit-function-declaration doesn't create
> new compile errors, it only moves compile errors from compile time to
> link or depmod time - which is IMHO not a bad change.
>
> If you really want to keep the status quo, you can still steal the
> following from sparc64:
> extern unsigned long virt_to_bus_not_defined_use_pci_map(volatile void *addr);
> #define virt_to_bus virt_to_bus_not_defined_use_pci_map
> extern unsigned long bus_to_virt_not_defined_use_pci_map(volatile void *addr);
> #define bus_to_virt bus_to_virt_not_defined_use_pci_map
>
> Would a patch to mark the ISA legacy functions as __deprecated be OK?
>...

Sorry, this were two separate thoughts:

Would a patch to mark both virt_to_bus/bus_to_virt and the ISA legacy
functions (that cause similar problems) as __deprecated be OK?

cu
Adrian

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