ntax is:

    make C=2 CF="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__"

This documentation bug was introduced by the following commit:

    commit 1c7bafe7206d928eaccbcbd08d868733e0fb7054
    Author: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>
    Date:   Wed Sep 13 07:57:50 2006 -0400

	kbuild: clarify "make C=" build option

	Clarify the use of "make C=" in the top-level Makefile, and fix a
	typo in the Documentation file.

	Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>

This `typo' was not a typo, as `CF' had been introduced much earlier, by:

    commit 7b49bb9aff8b14d15da58111d8908c877c0a525e
    Author: viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
    Date:   Fri Sep 9 21:14:35 2005 +0100

	[PATCH] kbuild: CF=<arguments> passes arguments to sparse

	Allows to add to sparse arguments without mutilating makefiles - just
	pass CF=<arguments> and they will be added to CHECKFLAGS.

    Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
    Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
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