Re: Build regressions/improvements in v5.1

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Tue May 07 2019 - 02:57:29 EST


On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 8:49 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Below is the list of build error/warning regressions/improvements in
> v5.1[1] compared to v5.0[2].
>
> Summarized:
> - build errors: +1/-1
> - build warnings: +126/-105
>
> JFYI, when comparing v5.1[1] to v5.1-rc7[3], the summaries are:
> - build errors: +0/-1
> - build warnings: +102/-61

The warning regressions look a bit excessive to me, for a final
v5.1 release...

> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/e93c9c99a629c61837d5a7fc2120cd2b6c70dbdd/ (all 236 configs)
> [2] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/1c163f4c7b3f621efff9b28a47abb36f7378d783/ (all 236 configs)
> [3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/37624b58542fb9f2d9a70e6ea006ef8a5f66c30b/ (all 236 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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