LinuxQuestions.org - Recompiling kernel : warning messages

I get messages like these when I recompile my kernel:

Code:

i810_dma.c:531: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated

i810_dma.c:533: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated

i810_dma.c:534: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated

i810_dma.c:536: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated

i810_dma.c:537: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated

i810_dma.c:545: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated

i810_dma.c:551: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated

i810_dma.c:553: warning: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated

Later:

Code:

usr/src/linux-2.4.18-26.8.0/include/linux/modules/suspend.ver:2:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition

And:

Code:

{standard input}:1198: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'

{standard input}:1280: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'

{standard input}:1295: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'

I'm not interested in what these particular messages mean (actually I don't care), and I know they're only warnings, but why they happen. I'm guessing three possibilities:

1. The sections of code are old but just haven't been taken out.
2. The sections of code are current but not matched to my hardware (and perhaps that section of code shouldn't be compiled at all!).
3. The gcc messages are just progress markers for Mr. Cox and Mr. Torvalds, and are not actually warnings.

Any ideas?

Q*Bert