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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-27 09:59:59 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-27 09:59:59 -0700
commit6948385cbd83201fb933125c1a578b29b456605d (patch)
treefd08f30c84d02cfb1ad696d04605565974fae7be /Documentation
parent7a76d89232f20411f32e7a79ccc1e2f95e9f826b (diff)
parent56b2f0706d82535fd8d85503f2dcc0be40c8e55d (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-next
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-next: (25 commits) setlocalversion: do not describe if there is nothing to describe kconfig: fix typos: "Suport" -> "Support" kconfig: make defconfig is no longer chatty kconfig: make oldconfig is now less chatty kconfig: speed up all*config + randconfig kconfig: set all new symbols automatically kconfig: add diffconfig utility kbuild: remove Module.markers during mrproper kbuild: sparse needs CF not CHECKFLAGS kernel-doc: handle/strip __init vmlinux.lds: move __attribute__((__cold__)) functions back into final .text section init: fix URL of "The GNU Accounting Utilities" kbuild: add arch/$ARCH/include to search path kbuild: asm symlink support for arch/$ARCH/include kbuild: support arch/$ARCH/include for tags, cscope kbuild: prepare headers_* for arch/$ARCH/include kbuild: install all headers when arch is changed kbuild: make clean removes *.o.* as well kbuild: optimize headers_* targets kbuild: only one call for include/ in make headers_* ...
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/sparse.txt8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sparse.txt b/Documentation/sparse.txt
index 1a3bdc27d95..42f43fa59f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/sparse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sparse.txt
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ recompiled, or use "make C=2" to run sparse on the files whether they need to
be recompiled or not. The latter is a fast way to check the whole tree if you
have already built it.
-The optional make variable CHECKFLAGS can be used to pass arguments to sparse.
-The build system passes -Wbitwise to sparse automatically. To perform
-endianness checks, you may define __CHECK_ENDIAN__:
+The optional make variable CF can be used to pass arguments to sparse. The
+build system passes -Wbitwise to sparse automatically. To perform endianness
+checks, you may define __CHECK_ENDIAN__:
- make C=2 CHECKFLAGS="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__"
+ make C=2 CF="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__"
These checks are disabled by default as they generate a host of warnings.