On 12 Dec 2000, Eric G . Miller wrote: > On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 01:34:41PM +0100, Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote: > > > > I've just put my brave hat on and compiled my kernel for the first > > time. Thanks to Robert Guthrie and his tip to use kernel-package, > > and KMDWAF, everything just worked first try! > > > > I do have a couple of questions, though. > > > > 1) There were many warnings during the compile, although no errors > > that I noticed (bit difficult to be sure, as they flash by so > > quickly). Is this normal, or should I be analysing this (this is > > 2.2.17 from the source on the 2.2r0 CD BTW). > > I dunno if this is a problem. The kernel may do many things that the > compiler interprets as "unsafe", or the compiler is unable to validate > some variables/behaviors. I think the warning level is set pretty high > for kernel compiles by default which will often generate many messages. > Any definitive error would cause the compile to halt. 2.2.17 seems > pretty stable though (although that's configuration dependent). >
[snip] I think I've seen warnings flashing by for every kernel I've ever compiled, throughout the 2.0.x and 2.2.x series. They don't seem to do any harm; at least, the resulting kernels always work. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.2 (Windows-free zone) Over 100 book reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/bookreviews/ Skeptical essays: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/freethinker/ "Palo y tente tieso." (Spanish proverb) Free translation: "Holdfast is your only dog."
