Re: Linux 2.4.4-ac10

[Udo A. Steinberg]

Hi,

Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> 2.4.4-ac10

With 2.4.4-ac10 and binutils 2.11 I get the following warnings:

gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.4-ac/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -malign-functions=4     -c -o pci-pc.o pci-pc.c
pci-pc.c:964: warning: `pci_fixup_via691' defined but not used
pci-pc.c:977: warning: `pci_fixup_via691_2' defined but not used
{standard input}: Assembler messages:
{standard input}:747: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:832: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:919: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:958: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:990: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1022: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1053: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1082: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1111: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1392: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1497: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'

gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.4-ac/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -malign-functions=4     -c -o apm.o apm.c
{standard input}: Assembler messages:
{standard input}:180: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:274: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'

Does anyone know what's up with that? Kernel problem or binutils issue?

Regards,
Udo.