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authorBernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@itwm.fraunhofer.de>2013-01-29 17:03:37 +0100
committerMichal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>2013-02-22 11:39:13 +0100
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coccicheck: Allow the user to give a V= (verbose) argument
Do not run with verbosity on/off depending on the ONLINE variable, which gets set with C=1 or C=2, but allow the user to set the verbosity using kernel default make V= paramemter. Verbosity is off by default now. Signed-off-by: Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@itwm.fraunhofer.de> CC: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr> Acked-by: Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
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@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ As any static code analyzer, Coccinelle produces false
positives. Thus, reports must be carefully checked, and patches
reviewed.
+To enable verbose messages set the V= variable, for example:
+
+ make coccicheck MODE=report V=1
+
Using Coccinelle with a single semantic patch
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~