[parisc-linux] Warnings compiling the CVS kernel

[Rafael E. Herrera]

Alan Modra wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Rafael E. Herrera wrote:
> > After building the cross-compiler in an x86 machine, I get warning
> > message like this one for most of the sources when compiling the kernel:
> >
> > /usr1/users/raffo/parisk/source/linux/include/linux/string.h:27:
> > warning: conflicting types for built-in function `strncpy'
> 
> These are a result of the string functions being declared in the
> kernel header file to take an "unsigned long" length arg (via
> __kernel_size_t)

Doesn't sound like an issue then.

> > The compilation succeeds but the boot will crash here:
> >
> > [...]
> > POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
> 
> Yeah, same result here (except I get a reboot).  I'm not sure yet whether
> this is due to bugs in gcc or the kernel.

Let me know I there is something I can try. Thanks

-- 
     Rafael