--- a/devices/e1000e/ich8lan-2.6.37-ethercat.c	Mon Jan 09 17:42:01 2012 +0100
+++ b/devices/e1000e/ich8lan-2.6.37-ethercat.c	Mon Jan 09 17:42:12 2012 +0100
@@ -2978,7 +2978,7 @@
 {
 	struct e1000_dev_spec_ich8lan *dev_spec = &hw->dev_spec.ich8lan;
 	u16 reg;
-	u32 ctrl, icr, kab;
+	u32 ctrl, icr __attribute__ ((unused)), kab;
 	s32 ret_val;
 
 	/*