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Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:48:11 +0200
From: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>
To: "Norman Diamond" <ndiamond@wta.att.ne.jp>
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Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test5, gcc 3.3, aic7(censored)_core.c
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Norman Diamond writes:
 > In 2.6.0-test5, the README still says "Make sure you have gcc 2.95.3
 > available."  It is telling the truth.
 > 
 > SuSE 8.2 includes gcc 3.3 20030226 (prerelease).  Up to the point of
 > aborting, it diagnoses a ton of "warning: comparison between signed and
 > unsigned", but nonetheless compiles many source files and continues.  But in
 > aic7(censored)_core.c, line 76, it diagnoses "warning: `num_chip_names'
 > defined but not used".  Even though this is also just a warning, obviously
 > it threatens disastrous consequences  :-s  (sarcasm).  make[3] quits with
 > Error 1 and make[2] and make[1] quit with Error 2.

Look for and delete any -Werror in aic7xxx' Makefile.
I've seen people being bit by this before.