2.4.21-pre5-ac3 radeon warnings

2.4.21-pre5-ac3 radeon warnings

[Martin MOKREJŠ]

Hi,
  could someone tell me if I should worry about this? The resulting
kernel is running fine. Please Cc: me in replies.

make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-pre5-ac3/drivers/char/drm'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-pre5-ac3/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686   -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=radeon_drv  -c -o radeon_drv.o radeon_drv.c
In file included from drmP.h:75,
                 from radeon_drv.c:32:
drm_os_linux.h:16:2: warning: #warning the author of this code needs to read up on list_entry
In file included from radeon_drv.c:35:
radeon_drv.h:846:2: warning: #warning PCI posting bug
In file included from drm_dma.h:33,
                 from radeon_drv.c:42:
drm_os_linux.h:16:2: warning: #warning the author of this code needs to read up on list_entry
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-pre5-ac3/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686   -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=radeon_cp  -c -o radeon_cp.o radeon_cp.c
In file included from drmP.h:75,
                 from radeon_cp.c:32:
drm_os_linux.h:16:2: warning: #warning the author of this code needs to read up on list_entry
In file included from radeon_cp.c:35:
radeon_drv.h:846:2: warning: #warning PCI posting bug
In file included from radeon_cp.c:36:
drm_os_linux.h:16:2: warning: #warning the author of this code needs to read up on list_entry
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-pre5-ac3/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686   -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=radeon_state  -c -o radeon_state.o radeon_state.c
In file included from drmP.h:75,
                 from radeon_state.c:31:
drm_os_linux.h:16:2: warning: #warning the author of this code needs to read up on list_entry
In file included from radeon_state.c:35:
radeon_drv.h:846:2: warning: #warning PCI posting bug
In file included from radeon_state.c:36:
drm_os_linux.h:16:2: warning: #warning the author of this code needs to read up on list_entry
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-pre5-ac3/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686   -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=radeon_mem  -c -o radeon_mem.o radeon_mem.c
In file included from drmP.h:75,
                 from radeon_mem.c:33:
drm_os_linux.h:16:2: warning: #warning the author of this code needs to read up on list_entry
In file included from radeon_mem.c:36:
radeon_drv.h:846:2: warning: #warning PCI posting bug
In file included from radeon_mem.c:37:
drm_os_linux.h:16:2: warning: #warning the author of this code needs to read up on list_entry
radeon_mem.c:135: warning: `print_heap' defined but not used
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-pre5-ac3/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686   -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=radeon_irq  -c -o radeon_irq.o radeon_irq.c
In file included from drmP.h:75,
                 from radeon_irq.c:34:
drm_os_linux.h:16:2: warning: #warning the author of this code needs to read up on list_entry
In file included from radeon_irq.c:37:
radeon_drv.h:846:2: warning: #warning PCI posting bug
In file included from radeon_irq.c:38:
drm_os_linux.h:16:2: warning: #warning the author of this code needs to read up on list_entry
ld -m elf_i386 -r -o radeon.o radeon_drv.o radeon_cp.o radeon_state.o radeon_mem.o radeon_irq.o
rm -f drm.o
ld -m elf_i386  -r -o drm.o radeon.o
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-pre5-ac3/drivers/char/drm'


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Re: 2.4.21-pre5-ac3 radeon warnings

[Alan Cox]

On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 22:29, Martin MOKREJŠ wrote:
> Hi,
>   could someone tell me if I should worry about this? The resulting

Its a set of notes on stuff that needs cleaning up