Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 24 Apr 1996 13:12:08 +0100 (BST) | From | Bryn Paul Arnold Jones <> | Subject | Re: Time to remove old gcc support |
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On Tue, 23 Apr 1996, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > Well, Alan Cox has reported that GCC 2.5.8 generates incorrect code > > > for the networking stuff. That means people will try to compile the > > > kernel with it, and get bitten by bugs later. Doesn't seem very > > > stable to me. > > > > This is terrible. The networking stuff should be fixed with the > > proper hack for gcc 2.5.8. The hack can be removed in 2.1.0, but > > 2.0.xx should work with gcc 2.5.8. When 2.1.0 comes out, add the > > old gcc to the victims list _then_ remove the hacks. > > Get real! > > This is a COMPILER BUG! > > I don't see why people keep on thinking that the kernel should make excuses for > user programs. It should NOT. Excusing bad programming is a shooting offence, > no matter _what_ the circumstances. It is at least understandable if there is > no way to fix the software bug (ie commercial compiler), but in this case it's > just a matter of upgrading your compiler to a working version. > > If gcc-2.5.8 is buggy, you'd better not use it. It's a simple as that. Use the > old kernels if it works for you, but I'm _not_ going to make the current > kernels do the same broken things that the old ones did. >
Perhaps the buggy gcc-2.5.8 workaround code sould be ifdef'ed, and a option added to the make config stuff, something like this:
.... Support for OLD buggy gcc-2.5.8 (CONFIG_KNACKERED_GCC) [N/y/?] Y # # Please upgrade your copy of gcc to the current version (2.7.2), # this config option is only intended to get the new kernel running so # that you can upgrade your gcc, and not as a perment fix. In short, # UPGRADE GCC. # ....
Of course, my spelling should be fixed
[...] > > Linus > Bryn PS anyone haveing problems with the word knackered, the first k is silent.
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