[ovs-dev] [PATCH] INSTALL.Linux: Document use of "sparse" with Open vSwitch.

[Ben Pfaff]

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 01:41:35PM -0700, Ethan Jackson wrote:
> > +If you are going to extensively modify Open vSwitch, please consider
> > +installing the following to obtain better warnings:
> > +
> > +    - "sparse" version 0.4.4 or later
> > +      (http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/devel/sparse/dist/).
> > +
> > +    - GNU make.
> > +
> 
> Sparse requires gnu make?

sparse doesn't require GNU make, but our support for parsing C=1
requires GNU make, see OVS_ENABLE_SPARSE in acinclude.m4.