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

[Dan Kegel]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> 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.

I'll initialize it to something - guess it doesn't matter what.

Thanks,
Dan


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