Re: 2.6.11.3 build problem in arch/alpha/kernel/srcons.c withgcc-4.0

[Andrew Morton]

Dan Kegel <dank@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Anyone with an alpha care to suggest a fix for this?
> 
> arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c: In function 'srmcons_open':
> arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c:196: warning: 'srmconsp' may be used uninitialized in this function
> make[1]: *** [arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.o] Error 1
> make: *** [arch/alpha/kernel] Error 2
> 
> I get this when building the 2.6.11.3 kernel with a recent gcc-4.0 snapshot.
> 

It's beyond gcc's ability to figure out that the code is OK.  Options would
be to disable -Werror, or to artificially initialise that variable.

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