Re: [patch] 2.4.0-test1-ac13 module_init

From: Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Date: Sun Jun 11 2000 - 05:27:32 EST


On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 06:06:28 -0400,
Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> wrote:
>Keith Owens wrote:
>> The use of aliases in module_init and module_exit makes gcc think that
>> the aliased routine is not used, resulting in a lot of warnings. This
>> patch suppresses the warnings.
>I know the warnings annoy a lot of people but Linus typically sez "fix
>the compiler"..

And when gcc is fixed, change include/linux/init.h to remove the dummy
reference. In the meantime, too many warnings are bad, they can hide
real problems.

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