tunnels: fix netns vs proto registration ordering

[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / Documentation / sparse.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/sparse.txt b/Documentation/sparse.txt
index 1a3bdc2..34c76a5 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/sparse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sparse.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ sure that bitwise types don't get mixed up (little-endian vs big-endian
 vs cpu-endian vs whatever), and there the constant "0" really _is_
 special.
 
+__bitwise__ - to be used for relatively compact stuff (gfp_t, etc.) that
+is mostly warning-free and is supposed to stay that way.  Warnings will
+be generated without __CHECK_ENDIAN__.
+
+__bitwise - noisy stuff; in particular, __le*/__be* are that.  We really
+don't want to drown in noise unless we'd explicitly asked for it.
+
+
 Getting sparse
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -73,10 +81,10 @@ recompiled, or use "make C=2" to run sparse on the files whether they need to
 be recompiled or not.  The latter is a fast way to check the whole tree if you
 have already built it.
 
-The optional make variable CHECKFLAGS can be used to pass arguments to sparse.
-The build system passes -Wbitwise to sparse automatically.  To perform
-endianness checks, you may define __CHECK_ENDIAN__:
+The optional make variable CF can be used to pass arguments to sparse.  The
+build system passes -Wbitwise to sparse automatically.  To perform endianness
+checks, you may define __CHECK_ENDIAN__:
 
-        make C=2 CHECKFLAGS="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__"
+        make C=2 CF="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__"
 
 These checks are disabled by default as they generate a host of warnings.