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Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:16:14 +0100
From: "Fred ." <eldmannen@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Compiler warnings
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I compiled the Linux 2.6.27.6 kernel on Ubuntu 8.10 with gcc (Ubuntu
4.3.2-1ubuntu11) 4.3.2.

The kernel doesn't compile cleanly, the compiler throws warnings.

  CC [M]  drivers/cdrom/cdrom.o
drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c: In function 'cdrom_print_info':
drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c:3273: warning: format not a string literal and
no format arguments

  CC [M]  drivers/char/riscom8.o
drivers/char/riscom8.c: In function 'riscom8_init':
drivers/char/riscom8.c:1598: warning: format not a string literal and
no format arguments
drivers/char/riscom8.c:1608: warning: format not a string literal and
no format arguments

  CC [M]  drivers/char/n_hdlc.o
drivers/char/n_hdlc.c: In function 'n_hdlc_init':
drivers/char/n_hdlc.c:945: warning: format not a string literal and no
format arguments
drivers/char/n_hdlc.c: In function 'n_hdlc_exit':
drivers/char/n_hdlc.c:968: warning: format not a string literal and no
format arguments

  CC [M]  drivers/char/hw_random/intel-rng.o
drivers/char/hw_random/intel-rng.c: In function 'intel_init_hw_struct':
drivers/char/hw_random/intel-rng.c:315: warning: format not a string
literal and no format arguments

  CC [M]  drivers/input/tablet/aiptek.o
drivers/input/tablet/aiptek.c: In function 'show_tabletDiagnosticMessage':
drivers/input/tablet/aiptek.c:1353: warning: format not a string
literal and no format arguments

(I don't know what this means, I am no programmer. I do not subscribe to LKML)