1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
index d79a902d155a..3b1005185390 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ menu "Kernel hacking"
 
 source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
 
+config PPC_DISABLE_WERROR
+        bool "Don't build arch/powerpc code with -Werror"
+        default n
+        help
+          This option tells the compiler NOT to build the code under
+          arch/powerpc with the -Werror flag (which means warnings
+          are treated as errors).
+
+          Only enable this if you are hitting a build failure in the
+          arch/powerpc code caused by a warning, and you don't feel
+          inclined to fix it.
+
+config PPC_WERROR
+        bool
+        depends on !PPC_DISABLE_WERROR
+        default y
+
 config PRINT_STACK_DEPTH
         int "Stack depth to print" if DEBUG_KERNEL
         default 64