[PATCH] powerpc: Add configurable -Werror for arch/powerpc

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, 6 Apr 2009, Olof Johansson wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 12:00:41PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > Add an option, on by default, to build all code under arch/powerpc with
> > -Werror, which causes gcc to treat warnings as errors.
> > 
> > The intention is to make it harder for people to inadvertantly introduce
> > errors in the arch/powerpc code. It needs to be configurable so that
> > if a warning is introduced, people can easily work around it while it's
> > being fixed.
> 
> This looks useful at least for the automated builds to catch new warnings,
> but do similar options exist on other architectures, x86 in particular? I
> think a Cc to LKML of this could be useful.
> 
> This is really only beneficial if various people build for powerpc often
> enough. If major subsystem maintainers aren't going to hit the errors
> it's more of a hinderance for PPC than a global benefit, right?

Will be built nightly: http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/matrix/

With kind regards,

Geert Uytterhoeven
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