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Re: Where are the specific WARNS=n defined?



In article <Pine.NEB.4.64.1108222146340.22222%screamer.whooppee.com@localhost>,
Paul Goyette  <paul%whooppee.com@localhost> wrote:
>I'm trying to modularize a couple of drivers, and one of them is 
>generating some gcc errors due to comparison of signed and unsigned 
>values.
>
>The driver module is currently being compiled with WARNS=4 (just picked 
>that up from another Makefile).  Is there a more appropriate WARNS=n to 
>use to permit the comparison?  Or should I simply add
>
>       CCOPTS+= -Wno-sign-compare
>
>(which is used when the driver is being compiled as part of a kernel)?

It is best to fix the errors.

christos



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